Citrus L.
Distribution
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., South Australia, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Chad, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Gilbert Is., Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Leeward Is., Libya, Line Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Niue, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Virginia, West Virginia, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Aurantium Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754)
- Citreum Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754)
- × Citrofortunella J.W.Ingram & H.E.Moore in Baileya 19: 169 (1975)
- × Citroncirus J.W.Ingram & H.E.Moore in Baileya 19: 171 (1975)
- Citrophorum Neck. in Elem. Bot. 2: 401 (1790), opus utique oppr.
- + Citroponcirus H.Wu & al. in J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 12: 179 (2004)
- Eremocitrus Swingle in J. Agric. Res. 2: 86 (1914)
- Fortunella Swingle in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 167 (1915)
- Limon Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754)
- Microcitrus Swingle in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 570 (1915)
- Oxanthera Montrouz. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., sér. 2, 10: 186 (1860)
- Papeda Hassk. in Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 42 (1842)
- Pleurocitrus Tanaka in Stud. Citrol. 3: 169, 181 (1929)
- Poncirus Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 143 (1838)
- Pseudaegle Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 83 (1865)
- Sarcodactilis C.F.Gaertn. in Suppl. Carp.: 39 (1805)
Accepted Species
- Citrus assamensis R.M.Dutta & Bhattacharya
- Citrus × aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle
- Citrus × aurantium L.
- Citrus australasica F.Muell.
- Citrus australis (Mudie) Planch.
- Citrus cavaleriei H.Lév. ex Cavalerie
- Citrus daoxianensis S.W.He & G.F.Liu
- Citrus garrawayae F.M.Bailey
- Citrus glauca (Lindl.) Burkill
- Citrus gracilis Mabb.
- Citrus halimii B.C.Stone
- Citrus hystrix DC.
- Citrus indica Yu.Tanaka
- Citrus inodora F.M.Bailey
- Citrus japonica Thunb.
- Citrus khasya Markovitch
- Citrus latipes (Swingle) Yu.Tanaka
- Citrus × limon (L.) Osbeck
- Citrus mangshanensis S.W.He & G.F.Liu
- Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.
- Citrus medica L.
- Citrus neocaledonica Guillaumin
- Citrus oxanthera Beauvis.
- Citrus polytrifolia Govaerts
- Citrus pubinervia D.G.Zhang, Z.H.Xiang & Y.Wu
- Citrus swinglei Burkill ex Harms
- Citrus × tachibana (Makino) Yu.Tanaka
- Citrus trifoliata L.
- Citrus undulata Guillaumin
- Citrus wakonai P.I.Forst. & M.W.Sm.
- Citrus warburgina F.M.Bailey
- Citrus wintersii Mabb.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Mabberley, D.J. (2022). A classification for edible citrus: an update, with a note on Murraya (Rutaceae). Telopea 25: 271-284.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 341 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 2: 782 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
- Swingle, The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives, in Webber & Batchelor, The Citrus Industry 1: 129–474 (1943)
- Tanaka, Species problems in Citrus, Revisio Aurantiacearum IX (1954)
- Townsend in Flora of Iraq 4(1): 465–473 (1980).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 341 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 782 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0