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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Citrus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Citrus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Rutanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 311. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Rutales Perleb pub. Lehrb. Naturgesch. Pflanzenr.: 324. Sep-Oct 1826.       Familia  Rutaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 296. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons. common name: Citrus       Tribus  Citreae Meisn. pub. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: Tab. Diagn. 46. 21-27 Mai 1837.       Subtribus  Citrinae Engl. in Mart. pub. Fl. Bras. 12(2): 83. 1 Sep 1874.       Genus  Citrus L. pub. (1753) common name: citrus

Named members of the Genus Citrus

1	Species  aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle common name: lime
2	Species  aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle common name: lime
3	Species  aurantium L. common name: Seville orange, bitter orange
	4    Subspecies  aurantium common name: sour orange 5    Subspecies  bergamia (Risso & Poit.) Wight & Arn. ex Engler common name: bergamot orange 6    Varietas  sinensis L. syn. Citrus sinensis
7	Species  australasica F. Muell. syn. Microcitrus australasica
8	Species  australis Planchon syn. Microcitrus australis
9	Species  bergamia Risso & Poit. syn. Citrus aurantium ssp. bergamia common name: Bergamot orange, bergamot
10	Species  decumana (L.) L. syn. Citrus maxima
11	Species  grandis (L.) Osbeck syn. Citrus maxima
12	Species  jambhiri Lush. common name: rough lemon
13	Species  limetta Risso common name: bitter orange
14	Species  limon (L.) Burm. f. common name: lemon
15	Species  limonum Risso syn. Citrus �limonia
16	Species  maxima (Burm. f.) Merr. common name: shaddock, pummelo
17	Species  medica L. common name: citron
18	Species  mitis Blanco syn. �Citrofortunella mitis common name: calamondin, Panama orange
19	Species  nobilis Andrews syn. Citrus reticulata
20	Species  reticulata Blanco common name: tangerine
21	Species  sinensis (L.) Osbeck common name: sweet orange, Portugal orange
22	Species  tachibana (Makino) T. Tanaka common name: tachibana orange
23	Species  taitensis Risso syn. Citrus �limonia common name: Otaheite orange
24	Species  trifoliata L. syn. Poncirus trifoliata
25	Species  vulgaris Risso syn. Citrus aurantium ssp. aurantium
26	Species  x limonia Osbeck (pro sp.) common name: Mandarin lime
27	Species  x paradisi Macfad. (pro sp.) common name: grapefruit
28	Species  x tangelo J. Ingram & H. Moore common name: tangelo

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.