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Taxon:
Citrus aurantiifolia
(Christm.) Swingle
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Citrus
Family:
Rutaceae
Subfamily:
Aurantioideae
Tribe:
Aurantieae
Subtribe:
Citrinae
Nomen number:
10683
Place of publication:
J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3:465. 1913 "
aurantifolia
"
Comment:
[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)
Verified:
05/15/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Limonia aurantiifolia
Christm.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus acida
Roxb.
Citrus hystrix
DC. subsp.
acida
(Roxb.) Engl.
Citrus lima
Lunan
Citrus limetta
Risso var.
aromatica
Wester
Citrus medica
L. var.
acida
(Roxb.) Hook. f.
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Reference(s)
Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds.
Flora of Libya. 1976-
Note:
"
aurantifolia
"
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
Flora of Java. 1963-1968
Note:
"
aurantifolia
"
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.
Note:
=
Citrus
×
aurantiifolia
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
Note:
"
aurantifolia
"
Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee.
1998. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). New Delhi. 1985-1992 3:610-611.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
Note:
"
aurantifolia
"
Davis, P. H., ed.
Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
Note:
"
aurantifolia
"
Duke, J. A. et al.
CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Elevitch, C. R., ed.
The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource).
Note:
http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Citrus-citrus.pdf
Encke, F. et al.
Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Facciola, S.
Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
Note:
"
aurantifolia
"
Federici, C. T. et al.
1998. Phylogenetic relationships within the genus
Citrus
(Rutaceae) and related genera as revealed by RFLP and RAPD analysis. Theor. Appl. Genet. 96:812-822.
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
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.
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
Gmitter, F. G. et al.
Citrus
breeding. Breeding plantation tree crops: temperate species. 2009 105-134.
Note:
as "
aurantifolia
and recognized as a "true" species
Gmitter, F. G. et al.
2007.
Citrus
fruits. Genome mapping and molecular breeding in plants (7 vols.). 2007 14:265-279.
Note:
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hanelt, P., ed.
Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann.
AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Li, X. et al.
2010. The origin of cultivated
Citrus
as inferred from Internal Transcribed Spacer and chloroplast DNA sequence and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism fingerprints. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 135:341-350.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. A classification for edible
Citrus
(Rutaceae). Telopea 7:170.
Note:
lists as
C. ×aurantiifolia
(Christm.) Swingle
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
Flora of Peru. 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Note:
"
aurantifolia
"
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
Note:
"
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.
Note:
as "
aurantifolia
"
Nicolosi, E.
Chapter 3. Origin and taxonomy.
Citrus
genetics, breeding and biotechnology. CABI. 2007 19-43.
Penjor, T. et al.
2013. Phylogenetic relationships of
Citrus
and its relatives based on
matK
gene sequences. PLoS One 8(4): e62574.
Note:
this study included one sample of
Citrus aurantiifolia
(as "
aurantifolia
) that clustered in a subgroup with
C. micrantha
,
C. hystrix
and
C. macroptera
within the pummelo clade
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Reichel, S.
1998. pers. comm.
Note:
re. German common names
Reitz, R., ed.
Flora ilustrada catarinense. 1965-
Smith, A. C.
Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
Note:
"
aurantifolia
"
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest.
Flora of Iraq. 1966-
Note:
"
aurantifolia
"
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Note:
"
aurantifolia
"
Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds.
1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 2:126.
Note:
"
aurantifolia
"
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Note:
"
aurantifolia
"
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Note:
lists as
C. ×aurantiifolia
(Christm.) Swingle
Yaacob, O. & S. Subhadrabandhu.
The production of economic fruits in South-East Asia. 1995
Common names
English
Egyptian lime –
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Indian lime –
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Key lime –
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lime –
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Mexican lime –
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sour lime –
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West Indian lime –
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French
citron vert –
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citronnier gallet –
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lime acid –
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limettier –
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limettier des Antilles –
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limettier mexicain –
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German
Limette –
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Limettenbaum –
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Limone –
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saure Limette –
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India (Hindi)
kagzi nimboo –
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kagzi nimbu –
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Italian
lima –
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Portuguese
limão –
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lima-ácida –
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limeira –
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Portuguese (Brazil)
limão-galego –
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limão-tahiti –
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Spanish
limón agrio –
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limón ceutí –
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lima –
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lima mejicana –
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limero –
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Transcribed Chinese
lai meng –
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Transliterated Arabic
limoo –
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Transliterated Arabic (Morocco)
doc –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics & subtropics
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan
naturalized
6
Other
probable origin East India
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics & subtropics)
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Yunnan (naturalized)]
Other
(probable origin East India)
Economic Uses
Food additives
Human food
beverage base (fide Pl Res SEAs 2:126. 1991) –
Reference(s)
Materials
essential oils (in perfumery fide Ency CNatIn) –
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Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
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Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Lampe & McCann) –
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Name
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Economic Uses