Citreae
Tribe of flowering plants
Citreae | |
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Bitter orange (Citrus aurantium) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
Tribe: | Citreae |
Genera | |
Citreae is one of the two tribes of the flowering plant family Rutaceae, subfamily Aurantioideae, the other being Clauseneae.[1]
Subtribes and genera
Three sub-tribes are included:
- Triphasiinae
- Luvunga Buch.-Ham. ex Wight & Arn.
- Merope M.Roem.
- Monanthocitrus
- Pamburus Swingle
- Paramignya Wight
- Triphasia
- Wenzelia Merr.
- Balsamocitrinae[1]
- Aegle Corrêa – bael
- Aeglopsis Swingle
- Afraegle (Swingle) Engl.
- Balsamocitrus Stapf
- Feroniella Swingle
- Limonia L. – curd fruit
- Swinglea Merr.
- Citrinae
- Atalantia
- Burkillanthus
- Citropsis
- Citrus
- Clymenia (may belong in Citrus)
- Hesperethusa
- Naringi
- Poncirus – trifoliate orange (may belong in Citrus)
- Pleiospermium
- Severinia
Notable species in the Citrinae group include Bergamot orange, calamondin, citron, grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, pummelo, tangelo, and tangerine, all of which are in the genus Citrus.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Spiegel-Roy, Pinhas; Eliezer E. Goldschmidt (1996). The Biology of Citrus. Cambridge University Press. pp. 19–21. ISBN 978-0-521-33321-4.
External links
Media related to Aurantieae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Citreae at Wikispecies