Citrus

Citrus
	Sweet orange (Citrus × sinensis cultivar)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Faimily:	Rutaceae
Subfaimily:	Aurantioideae
Tribe:	Citreae
Genus:	Citrus; L.
Species an hybrids
	Important species:; Citrus aurantifolia – Key lime; Citrus maxima – Pomelo; Citrus medica – Citron; Citrus reticulata – Mandarin orange Important hybrids:; Citrus × aurantium – Bitter orange; Citrus × latifolia – Persian lime; Citrus × limon – Lemon; Citrus × limonia – Rangpur; Citrus × paradisi – Grapefruit; Citrus × sinensis – Sweet orange; Citrus × tangerina – Tangerine;
Synonyms
	Eremocitrus; Microcitrus; an see text

Citrus is a common term an genus (Citrus) o flouering plants in the rue faimily, Rutaceae. Citrus is believit tae hae originatit in the pairt o Sootheast Asie mairched bi Northeast Indie, Burma (Myanmar) an the Yunnan province o China.^[1]^[2]^[3] Citrus fruit haes been cultivatit in an iver-widenin area syne auncient times; the maist weel kent examples are the oranges, lemons, grapefruit, an limes.

References

↑ Frederick Gmitter and Xulan Hu, 1990. The possible role of Yunnan, China, in the origin of contemporary Citrus species (Rutaceae). Economic Botany 44(2):267–277 ^{[deid airtin]}
↑ United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. M@rket Inform@tion in the Commodities Area: Citrus fruits Archived 2010-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Rainer W. Scora, 1975. On the history and origin of citrus. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 102(6):369–375

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[1] Frederick Gmitter and Xulan Hu, 1990. The possible role of Yunnan, China, in the origin of contemporary Citrus species (Rutaceae). Economic Botany 44(2):267–277 ^{[deid airtin]}

[2] United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. M@rket Inform@tion in the Commodities Area: Citrus fruits Archived 2010-10-05 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Rainer W. Scora, 1975. On the history and origin of citrus. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 102(6):369–375

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