Recently, another taxonomic revision was proposed and
supported by molecular evidence that genetic distances
were found between papaya and other related species
(Jobin-Décor et al. 1996; Badillo 2002; Kim et al. 2002).
Some species that were formerly assigned to Carica were
classified in the genus Vasconcella (Badillo 2002). Accordingly,
the classification of Caricaceae has been revised to