Citropsis

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Not to be confused with Cherry orange.

Citropsis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Aurantioideae
Genus: Citropsis
Swingle & Kellerm.
Species

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Citropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. They are known generally as African cherry oranges.[1] They are native to Africa.[2]

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.[1][3] Citropsis and the genus Atalantia are also called near-citrus fruit trees.[1] The genus Citropsis is thought to be an ancestral group of genus Citrus.[2] Fruit-bearing intergeneric hybrids have been established between Citropsis gabunensis and .[4] Demand for the roots may lead to the overexploitation of the tree.[5]

Taxa include:[3]

  • – Angola cherry orange
  • Citropsis articulata (syn. C. preussii, C. schweinfurthii[6]) – West African cherry orange
  • – Mozambique cherry orange
  • – Gabon cherry orange
    • Citropsis gabunensis var. lacourtiana – Sankuru cherry orange
  • – Gillet's cherry orange
  • – Ikongu cherry orange
  • – Le Testu's cherry orange
  • – Ivory Coast cherry orange
  • [7]
  • – Sierra Leone cherry orange
  • – Zenker's cherry orange

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Citrus Variety Collection. College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University of California, Riverside.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Mmali, J. Uganda's 'sex tree' under threat. BBC News 25 July 2007.
  6. ^ "Citropsis schweinfurthii". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Citropsis noldeae". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 January 2018.

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