     
Taxon: Citrus medica L.
Genus: Citrus
Family: Rutaceae subfamily: Aurantioideae tribe: Aurantieae subtribe: Citrinae.
Nomen number: 10745
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:782. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project
of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 06-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Aug-1994
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside (RIV).
Accessions:
86 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
See also subordinate taxa:
- Buddha's-Hand (Source: Pl Res SEAs
2:133.) – English [Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis]
- citron (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English
- etrog citron (Source: Mansf Ency
) – English [Citrus medica var. ethrog]
- finger citron (Source: Pl Res SEAs
2:133.) – English [Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis]
- flesh-finger citron (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2
) – English [Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis]
- small citron (Source: Mansf Ency
) – English [Citrus medica var. ethrog]
- fo shou gan (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Transcribed Chinese [Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis]
- xiang yuan (Source: F ChinaEng
) – Transcribed Chinese
- cédrat (Source: Mansf Ency
) – French
- cédrat digité (Source: Mansf Ency
) – French [Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis]
- cédratier (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French
- main de Bouddha (Source: Mansf Ency
) – French [Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis]
- sarcodactyle (Source: Mansf Ency
) – French [Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis]
- Buddhafinger (Source: Mansf Ency
) – German [Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis]
- gefingerte Zitrone (Source: Zander ed17
) – German [Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis]
- medischer Apfel (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German
- Zitronatzitrone (Source: Zander ed14
) – German
- cedrato (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Italian
- bushukan (Source: Mansf Ency
) – Japanese Rōmaji [Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis]
- cidra (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Portuguese
- cidreira (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Portuguese
- cidro (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish
- toronja (Source: Names Soukup
) – Spanish (Peru)
- etrogcitron (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish [Citrus medica var. ethrog]
- fingercitron (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish [Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis]
- suckatcitron (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish
- More:
- More:
Cultivated:
Other: - possible origin n.e. India and China
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
- Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds.
1976–. Flora of Libya.
- Davis, P. H., ed.
1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
- 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.
- Encke, F. et al.
1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
- Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Froelicher, Y. et al.
2011. New universal mitochondrial PCR markers reveal new information on maternal citrus phylogeny.
Tree Genet. Genomes
7:49–61. [this study examined the origin of cultivated citrus; it included a sample of Citrus medica; it obtained seven mitotypes, one of which only included C. medica; it supported the interpretation of its role as paternal ancestor of "lemon, 'rough' lemon, 'Mexican' lime, 'Volkamer' lemon, 'Rangpur' line, 'Bergamot', and 'Palestine' lime"].
- 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.
- Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
- Long, R. W. & O. Lakela.
1971. A flora of tropical Florida.
- Luro, F. et al.
2011. Analysis of genetic diversity in Citrus.
Pl. Genet. Resources Charact. Util.
9:218–221. [this study recognized Citrus medica as one of the ancestral species of citrus cultivars, and confirmed by primary metabolic compounds; it also provided additional support for linking C. medica to the origin of "lemon, lemon hybrids, limes and combayas"].
- Mabberley, D. J.
1997. A classification for edible Citrus (Rutaceae).
Telopea
7:169.
- Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
- Matthew, K. M.
1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
["occurs truly wild"].
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
- Nicolosi, E. et al.
2000. Citrus phylogeny and genetic origin of important species as investigated by molecular markers.
Theor. Appl. Genet.
100:1155–1166.
- 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.
- Scora, R. W.
1975. On the history and origin of Citrus.
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
102:369–375. [as one of the "basic" species in the genus].
- Soukup, J.
1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
- Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece.
1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives.
- Tanaka, T.
1954. Species problem in Citrus: a critical study of wild and cultivated units of Citrus, based upon field studies in their native homes.
In: Tanaka, T., Revisio Aurantiacearum.
9:113.
- Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest.
1966–. Flora of Iraq.
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964–1980. Flora europaea.
- 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).
2:131.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
- More:
Check other web resources for Citrus medica L.:
Check other web resources for images:
- PlantSystematics.org
-
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inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?10745 (24 May 2013)
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