Citropsis

Not to be confused with Cherry orange.

Citropsis
Citropsis articulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Aurantioideae
Genus: Citropsis
(Engl.) Swingle & Kellerm.[1][2]
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.[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]

References

  1. ^ "Citropsis (Engl.) Swingle & Kellerm". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "Citropsis (Engl.) Swingle & Kellerm". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b Citrus Variety Collection. College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University of California, Riverside.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Mmali, J. Uganda's 'sex tree' under threat. BBC News 25 July 2007.
  8. ^ "Citropsis schweinfurthii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Citropsis noldeae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.


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