Citropsis
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| Citropsis articulata | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
| Genus: | Citropsis (Engl.) Swingle & Kellerm.[1][2] |
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Citropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. They are known generally as African cherry oranges.[3] They are native to Africa.[4]
This genus is in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes genus Citrus. It is in the tribe Citreae and subtribe Citrinae, which are known technically as the citrus fruit trees.[3][5] Citropsis and the genus Atalantia are also called near-citrus fruit trees.[3] The genus Citropsis is thought to be an ancestral group of genus Citrus.[4] Fruit-bearing intergeneric hybrids have been established between Citropsis gabunensis and Citrus wakonai.[6] Demand for the roots, supposedly an aphrodisiac, may lead to the overexploitation of the tree.[7]
Taxa include:[5]
- Citropsis angolensis – Angola cherry orange
- Citropsis articulata (syn. C. preussii, C. schweinfurthii[8]) – West African cherry orange
- Citropsis daweana – Mozambique cherry orange
- Citropsis gabunensis – Gabon cherry orange
- Citropsis gabunensis var. lacourtiana – Sankuru cherry orange
- Citropsis gilletiana – Gillet's cherry orange
- Citropsis latialata – Ikongu cherry orange
- Citropsis le-testui – Le Testu's cherry orange
- Citropsis mirabilis – Ivory Coast cherry orange
- Citropsis noldeae[9]
- Citropsis tanakae – Sierra Leone cherry orange
- Citropsis zenkeri – Zenker's cherry orange
References
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- ^ a b c Swingle, W. T., rev. P. C. Reece. Chapter 3: The Botany of Citrus and its Wild Relatives. Archived 2013-09-01 at archive.today In: The Citrus Industry vol. 1. Webber, H. J. (ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. 1967.
- ^ a b Yahata, M., et al. (2006). Production of sexual hybrid progenies for clarifying the phylogenic relationship between Citrus and Citropsis species. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 131(6), 764-69.
- ^ a b Citrus Variety Collection. College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University of California, Riverside.
- ^ Smith, M. W., et al. (2013). First fruiting intergeneric hybrids between Citrus and Citropsis. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 138(1), 57-63.
- ^ Mmali, J. Uganda's 'sex tree' under threat. BBC News 25 July 2007.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Sorting Citrus Relatives
- Citropsis. The Plant List.
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