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Taxon:  Citrus limetta Risso



Summary
Genus:
Citrus
Family:
Rutaceae
Subfamily:
Aurantioideae
Tribe:
Aurantieae
Subtribe:
Citrinae
Nomen number:
10730
Place of publication:
Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 20:195, t. 2, fig. 1. 1813
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
24 (24  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  2. Carpenter, J. B. & P. C. Reece. Catalog of genera, species, and subordinate taxa in the orange subfamily Aurantioideae (Rutaceae). 1969
  3. Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  4. Cufodontis, G. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. 1953-1972 Note: = C. limonia var. limetta (Risso) Engl.
  5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  6. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: = Citrus ×limetta
  7. 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. Note: this study included four accessions of Citrus limetta that did not cluster together; one (CRC 3093) appears to represent "an incorrectly classified plant...", and "a C. limettioides cultivar or a hybrid with C. limon or C. limetta, while the other three clustered with C. limon
  8. Froelicher, Y. et al. 2011. New universal mitochondrial PCR markers reveal new information on maternal citrus phylogeny. Tree Genet. Genomes 7:49-61. Note: this study included one cultivar of Citrus limetta that clustered in the pummelo mitotype group
  9. 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#
  10. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  11. Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  13. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  14. 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
  15. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  16. Singh, R. & N. Nath. 1969. Practical approach to the classification of Citrus. In: H. D. Chapman (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Citrus Symposium. 1:439.
  17. 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. Revisio Aurantiacearum. 1928-1961 9:115. Note: Maruzen Co. Ltd, Tokyo.
  18. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  19. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  20. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Common names
English
limetta of the Mediterranean –
lumia of the Mediterranean –
sweet lemon –
sweet lime –
French
limette d'Italie –
limette douce de Tunesie –
limettier doux –
limonette –
German
süße Limette –
süße Zitrone –
Italian
limetta –
limone dolce –
Portuguese
lima-de-bico –
Spanish
limón dulce –
lima –
limero dulce –
limeta dulce de Túnez –
limonero dulce –
Distribution
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa (Mediterranean region)
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
Europe
  • REGION: Europe (Mediterranean region)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Human food
fruit (fide Cornucopia; Food Feed Crops US) –
Materials
essential oils (fide Mansf Ency) –


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