Citrus hindsii explained

Citrus hindsii, the Hong Kong kumquat,[1] [2] is a species of kumquat; a type of citrus fruit in the genus Citrus, family Rutaceae. This specific name is first published in World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1): 15 (1999). Recent phylogenetic analysis suggested that C. hindsii is a single 'true' species.[3]

Citrus hindsii produces small, round, pea-sized, bitter and acidic fruit with very little pulp and large seeds. The fruits are bright orange in color when ripe. In warmer regions, it is primarily grown as an ornamental plant as well as houseplant and bonsai. Though it is also found in southern China growing in the wild.[4] [5] Not only is it the most primitive of the kumquats, but with kumquats being the most primitive citrus, Swingle described it as the closest to the ancestral species from which all citrus evolved.[6] While the wild Hong Kong kumquat is tetraploid, there is a commercial diploid variety, the Golden Bean kumquat, with slightly larger fruit.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fortunella hindsii . 2024-01-25 . . MainLab Bioinformatics . Washington State University . en.
  2. Web site: Citrus hindsii cultivar:Hongkong kumquat Genome sequencing and assembly . 2024-01-25 . . . . en . Bethesda, Maryland, USA . 487160.
  3. Yasuda . Kiichi . Yahata . Masaki . Kunitake . Hisato . 2016 . Phylogeny and Classification of Kumquats (Fortunella spp.) Inferred from CMA Karyotype Composition . The Horticulture Journal . 85 . 2 . 115–121 . 10.2503/hortj.MI-078. free .
  4. News: February 25, 2009 . Varieties of kumquats, hybrids . May 31, 2019 . Los Angeles Times.
  5. Web site: Hong Kong,Fortunella hindsii, Champ. ex Benth. . May 31, 2019 . U.C. Riverside Citrus Variety Collection.
  6. Swingle . Walter T. . 1915 . A new genus, Fortunella, comprising four species of kumquat oranges . Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences . 5 . 5 . 165–176 . 24520657.

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