Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Rutaceae Juss.
Citrus L. , legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2
782
[tax. nov.]
Linnaeus, C. (1754) , Genera Plantarum Edn. 5
341
[secondary reference]
Planchon, J.E. (1858) , Hortus Donatensis
-
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863) , Flora Australiensis 1
371
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
12
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889) , Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants
22
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
45
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
82
[secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. (1918) , Flora of Bermuda
201
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Citrus medica L.
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants
817
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
192
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Rutaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1
460
[secondary reference]
Richards, P.G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Citrus. Flora of New South Wales 2
274
[secondary reference]
Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993) , Rutaceae. Flora of Australia 50
300
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (8 July 1997) , A classification for edible Citrus (Rutaceae). Telopea 7(2)
167
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (29 May 1998) , Australian Citreae with notes on other Aurantioideae (Rutaceae). Telopea 7(4)
337
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Eremocitrus Swingle legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microcitrus Swingle legitimate
Richards, P.G. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Citrus. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2
322
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest
459
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Limon Tourn. ex Mill. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Aurantium Tourn. ex Mill. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Citreum Tourn. ex Mill. nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Eremocitrus Swingle legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microcitrus Swingle legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Citrus subg. Microcitrus (Burkill legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Citrus subg. Eremocitrus (Burkill legitimate
APC Dist.:
ChI (naturalised), NT, SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
190-192
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013) , Citrus. Flora of Australia 26
504-505
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Poncirus Raf. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eremocitrus Swingle legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microcitrus Swingle legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Citrus subg. Microcitrus (Burkill legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Citrus subg. Eremocitrus (Burkill legitimate
Etymology:
"after the Classical Latin name for the sweet-smelling North African timber, Tetraclinis articulata (Cupressaceae), applied by Linnaeus to the citron, C. medica (probably because it was originally used for its scent rather than eaten), and its allies."
