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Taxon:  Citrus limettioides Tanaka



Summary
Genus:
Citrus
Family:
Rutaceae
Subfamily:
Aurantioideae
Tribe:
Aurantieae
Subtribe:
Citrinae
Nomen number:
312652
Place of publication:
J. Indian Bot. Soc. 16:236. 1837
Comment:
[possible synonym of C. limetta Risso]
Verified:
10/30/1990 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Carpenter, J. B. & P. C. Reece. Catalog of genera, species, and subordinate taxa in the orange subfamily Aurantioideae (Rutaceae). 1969
  2. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976 2:190.
  3. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: = C. × limettioides
  4. 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
  5. Froelicher, Y. et al. 2011. New universal mitochondrial PCR markers reveal new information on maternal citrus phylogeny. Tree Genet. Genomes 7:49-61. http://www.springerlink.com/content/112958/
  6. 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#
  7. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  8. Jena, S. N. et al. 2009. Molecular phylogeny in Indian Citrus L. (Rutaceae) inferred through PCR-RFLP and trnL-trnF sequence data of chloroplast DNA. Sci. Hort. 119:403-416.
  9. Kumar, S. et al. 2013. Molecular differentiation in Indian Citrus L. (Rutaceae) inferred from nrDNA ITS sequence analysis. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 60:59-75. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
  10. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  11. 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: this study revealed that Citrus limettioides genome carries genes from citron, pummelo-mandarin and either sweet or sour orange
  12. 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 Citrus limettioides that grouped in the pummelo cluster
  13. 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
  14. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  15. Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
  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 9:110. Note: Maruzen Co. Ltd, Tokyo.
Common names
English
Indian sweet lime –
Palestine sweet lemon –
Palestine sweet lime –
sweet lime –
French
limettier doux de Palestine –
German
palestinische Limette –
Spanish
lima dulce de India –
lima dulce de Palestina –
Distribution
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Africa
  • REGION: Africa (Mediterranean region)
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Europe
  • REGION: Europe (Mediterranean region)
Economic Uses
Human food
Materials
essential oils (fide Mansf Ency) –


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