Genus: Citrus L.

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

• Bayer, R. J. et al. 2009. A molecular phylogeny of the orange subfamily (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae) using nine cpDNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 96:668–685. [advocates treatment in a broad sense].
  
• Froelicher, Y. et al. 2011. New universal mitochondrial PCR markers reveal new information on maternal citrus phylogeny. Tree Genet. Genomes 7:49–61.
  
• Garcia-Lor, A. et al. 2013. A nuclear phylogenetic analysis: SNPs, indels and SSRs deliver new insights into the relationships in the 'true citrus fruit trees' group (Citrinae, Rutaceae) and the origin of cultivated species. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 111:1–19.
  
• Mabberley, D. J. 2004. Citrus (Rutaceae): a review of recent advances in etymology, systematics and medical applications. Blumea 49:481–498. [advocates treatment in a broad sense].
  
• de Araujo, E. F. et al. 2003. What is Citrus? Taxonomic implications from a study of cp-DNA evolution in the tribe Citreae (Rutaceae subfamily Aurantioideae). Organisms Diversity Evol. 3:55–62. [not monophyletic].
  

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (= ) Afraurantium A. Chev.
• (= ) Aurantium Mill.
• (~ ) ×Citrofortunella J. W. Ingram & H. E. Moore
• (~ ) Clymenia Swingle
• (~ ) Eremocitrus Swingle
• (~ ) Feroniella Swingle
• (~ ) Fortunella Swingle
• (~ ) Microcitrus Swingle
• (~ ) Oxanthera Montrouz.
• (= ) Pleurocitrus Tanaka, nom. inval.
• (~ ) Poncirus Raf.

Check other nomenclature databases for Citrus:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Images:

• Forestry Images (Citrus paradisi): from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed (Citrus maxima): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Citrus sinensis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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