Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Citrus
Rutaceae Juss.
Citrus L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 782 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
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 BHL [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]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 91-92 [secondary reference]
common name: Oranges [n/a]
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: - APC [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 (Swingle) Burkill legitimate taxonomic synonym: Citrus subg. Eremocitrus (Swingle) 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 (Swingle) Burkill legitimate taxonomic synonym: Citrus subg. Eremocitrus (Swingle) 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."
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