Dumortier, B.C.J. (1829), Analyse des familles de plantes: 37, 42 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Carica L.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 415-418, Fig. 4-25 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 209 [secondary reference]

Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Caricaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 57-61 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 419 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 115 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Papayaceae Blume nom. illeg.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Caricinae Bercht. & J.Presl orth. var.

• APC Dist.: CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 152-153, 936 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 114 [secondary reference]

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