Citropsis Explained

Citropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. They are known generally as African cherry oranges.[1] They are native to Africa.[2]

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.[1] [3] Citropsis and the genus Atalantia are also called near-citrus fruit trees.[1] The genus Citropsis is thought to be an ancestral group of genus Citrus.[2] Fruit-bearing intergeneric hybrids have been established between Citropsis gabunensis and Citrus wakonai.[4] Demand for the roots, supposedly an aphrodisiac, may lead to the overexploitation of the tree.[5]

Taxa include:[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Swingle, W. T., rev. P. C. Reece. Chapter 3: The Botany of Citrus and its Wild Relatives. In: The Citrus Industry vol. 1. Webber, H. J. (ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. 1967.
  2. 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.
  3. http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/citrus.html Citrus Variety Collection.
  4. 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.
  5. Mmali, J. Uganda's 'sex tree' under threat. BBC News 25 July 2007.

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