      
Taxon: Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle
Genus: Citrus
Family: Rutaceae subfamily: Aurantioideae tribe: Aurantieae subtribe: Citrinae.
Nomen number: 10683
Place of publication: J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3:465. 1913 "aurantifolia"
Comments:- treated by some as a hybrid involving C. maxima and one or more other species
- the original spelling "aurantifolia", being derived from the generic name Aurantium, is correctable under Melbourne ICN Art. 60.8 (see also Rec. 60G and Ex. 2)
Name verified on: 15-May-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 21-May-2013
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside (RIV).
Accessions:
23 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
- Egyptian lime (Source: Mansf Ency
) – English
- Indian lime (Source: Mansf Ency
) – English
- Key lime (Source: Hortus 3
) – English
- lime (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English
- Mexican lime (Source: Hortus 3
) – English
- sour lime (Source: Pl Res SEAs
2:126.) – English
- West Indian lime (Source: Hortus 3
) – English
- limoo (Source: Citrus CGC, p.c.) – Transliterated Arabic
- doc (Source: Citrus CGC, p.c.) – Transliterated Arabic (Morocco)
- lai meng (Source: F ChinaEng
) – Transcribed Chinese
- citron vert (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French
- citronnier gallet (Source: Mansf Ency
) – French
- lime acid (Source: Mansf Ency
) – French
- limettier (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French
- limettier des Antilles (Source: Mansf Ency
) – French
- limettier mexicain (Source: Mansf Ency
) – French
- Limette (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German
- Limettenbaum (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German
- Limone (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German
- saure Limette (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German
- kagzi nimboo (Source: Citrus CGC, p.c.) – India (Hindi)
- kagzi nimbu (Source: Wealth India RM ed2
) – India (Hindi)
- lima (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Italian
- limão (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Portuguese
- lima-ácida (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Portuguese
- limeira (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Portuguese
- limão-galego (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
- limão-tahiti (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
- limón agrio (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Spanish
- limón ceutí (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish
- lima (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish
- lima mejicana (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Spanish
- limero (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Spanish
- More:
- More:
Cultivated: - widely cultivated in tropics & subtropics
Other: - probable origin East India
- Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds.
1976–. Flora of Libya.
["aurantifolia"].
- Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
1963–1968. Flora of Java.
["aurantifolia"].
- Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
["aurantifolia"].
- Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee.
1998. pers. comm.
[re. common names].
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1985–1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). New Delhi.
3:610–611.
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
["aurantifolia"].
- Davis, P. H., ed.
1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
["aurantifolia"].
- Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
- Elevitch, C. R., ed.
The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource).
- Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
- Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
["aurantifolia"].
- 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.
- Gmitter, F. G. et al.
2007. Citrus fruits.
In: Kole. C., ed., Genome mapping and molecular breeding in plants (7 vols.).
14:265–279.
- Gmitter, F. G. et al.
2009. Citrus breeding.
In: Jain, S. M. & P.M. Priyadarshan, eds., Breeding plantation tree crops: temperate species.
105–134. [as "aurantifolia and recognized as a "true" species].
- Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
[re. Brazilian common names].
- Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
- Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann.
1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants.
- Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
- Mabberley, D. J.
1997. A classification for edible Citrus (Rutaceae).
Telopea
7:170. [lists as C. ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle].
- Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
["aurantifolia"].
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
["aurantifolia"].
- Nicolosi, E. et al.
2000. Citrus phylogeny and genetic origin of important species as investigated by molecular markers.
Theor. Appl. Genet.
100:1155–1166. [as "aurantifolia"].
- Nicolosi, E.
2007. Chapter 3. Origin and taxonomy.
In: Khan, I. A., ed., Citrus genetics, breeding and biotechnology. CABI.
19–43.
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
- Reichel, S.
1998. pers. comm.
[re. German common names].
- Reitz, R., ed.
1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
- Smith, A. C.
1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
["aurantifolia"].
- Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest.
1966–. Flora of Iraq.
["aurantifolia"].
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
["aurantifolia"].
- Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds.
1991. Edible fruits and nuts.
In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA).
2:126. ["aurantifolia"].
- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943–1980. Flora of Panama.
["aurantifolia"].
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
[lists as C. ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle].
- Yaacob, O. & S. Subhadrabandhu.
1995. The production of economic fruits in South-East Asia.
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Synonyms:
Check other web resources for Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle:
- Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
- Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
- ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
- Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed
citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Images:
- More:
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specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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