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Citrus × taitensis Risso

First published in Fl. Nice: 86 (1844)

This is an artificial hybrid

The hybrid formula of this artificial cross is C. medica × C. reticulata.

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Homotypic Synonyms

Citrus × aurantium var. otaitensis Risso & Poit. in Hist. Nat. Orangers: 66 (1818)
Citrus × limonia otaitensis (Risso & Poit.) Yu.Tanaka in Bult. Sci. Fak. Terk. Kjusu Imp. Univ. 1: 113 (1925)
Citrus × otaitensis (Risso & Poit.) Savast. in Annuario Regia Scuola Super. Agric. Portici 3(5): 54 (1883-1884 publ. 1884), nom. superfl.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Citrus × aurantium subsp. jambhiri Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(4): 200 (1896)
Citrus × bigaradia var. volcameriana Risso & Poit. in Hist. Nat. Orangers: 91 (1818)
Citrus × jambhiri Lush. in Indian Forester 36: 342 (1910)
Citrus × limonia volcameriana (Risso & Poit.) Yu.Tanaka in Bult. Sci. Fak. Terk. Kjusu Imp. Univ. 1: 116 (1925)
Citrus × verrucosa Nakamura in Stud. Citrol. 6: 164 (1934)
Citrus × volcameriana V.Ten. & Pasq. in Comp. Bot.: 414 (1847)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Mabberley, D.J. (2022). A classification for edible citrus: an update, with a note on Murraya (Rutaceae). Telopea 25: 271-284.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as C. medica × C. reticulata.]

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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