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Citrus

The genus Citrus is in the family Rutaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Citrus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Citrus acida Pers. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus adamii Risso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus albida Bojer Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus amara Hassk. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus amblycarpa (Hassk.) Ochse Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × ampullacea Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × anonyma Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus arethusa Risso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × asahikan Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus assamensis R.M.Dutta & Bhattacharya Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus aurantiaca Swingle Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus × aurantium L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Citrus aurea Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus australasica F.Muell. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus australis (A.Cunn. ex Mudie) Planch. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus bergamia Risso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus calot Lag. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus cavaleriei H.Lév. ex Cavalerie Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus chuana Hort. ex Tseng Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus clementina hort. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus daidai Siebold ex Hayata Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus dimorphocarpa Lush. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus dulcamara Risso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus el-kantara Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus elliptica Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus elongata Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × floridana (J.W.Ingram & H.E.Moore) Mabb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus fusiformis Raf. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus gaoganensis Hayata Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus garrawayi F.M.Bailey Accepted L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus genshokan Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × georgiana Mabb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus glauca (Lindl.) Burkill Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus gordonii Risso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus gracilis Mabb. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus granulata Raf. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus halimii B.C.Stone Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus harmonilla Risso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus heterophylla Raf. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus hillii F.Muell. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × hsiangyuan Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus hystrix DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus indica Yu.Tanaka Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus inflatorugosa Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus inodora F.M.Bailey Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × insitorum Mabb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus iriomotensis Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus iyo Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus × jambhiri Lush. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus jambhiri Lush. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus japonica Thunb. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus juko Kokaya Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × junos Siebold ex Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus junos Siebold ex Tanaka Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus keraji hort. ex Tan. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus khasya Markovitch Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus kinosu Kokaya Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus kotokan Hayata Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus × lapinii I.S.Kapan. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × latifolia (Yu.Tanaka) Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus latipes (Swingle) Yu.Tanaka Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × leclerei H.Lév. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus leiocarpa Hort. ex Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus lima Lunan Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus × limorosea D.Rivera, F.Méndez & Obón Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × longispina Wester Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus longispina Wester Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus lucida (Scheff.) Mabb. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus luteoturgida Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus macracantha Hassk. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus macrocalyx Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus maderaspatana Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus mammosa Michel Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus matsudaidai Hayata Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus medica L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus medicolimonum Lush. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus megaloxycarpa Lush. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus melanocarpa Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus meyerii Yu. Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus miaray Wester Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × microcarpa Bunge Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus microcarya Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus mitis Blanco Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus mutabilis Risso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus neocaledonica Guillaumin Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus nidonari Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus nobilis Lour. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus oblonga Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus obovata Raf. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus obversa Hassk. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus okinawensis Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus oleocarpa Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × oliveri Mabb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus omikanto hort. ex Yu. Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus otachibana hort. ex Yu. Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus oto Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × ovata Hassk. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus oxanthera (Montrouz.) Beauvis. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus pachiderma Risso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus paradisi Macfad. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus paratangerina Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus pennivesiculata (Lush.) Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus peretta Risso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus platymamma hort. ex Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus polyandra Yu.Tanaka Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × polytrifolia Govaerts Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus pseudoaurantium Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus pseudopapillaris Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus pseudoparadisi Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus pseudosunki hort. ex Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus rangpuriensis Traub Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus reshni Hort ex Tan. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus reticulata Blanco Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus retusa Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus rissoi Risso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus rotundifolia Raf. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus rugulosa Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus salicifolia Raf. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × sechen Kokaya Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus semperflorens Lush. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus serotina Kokaya Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus spaerocarpa Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus spinosa S.G.Gmel. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus suavissima Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus sui-zabon Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus sulcata Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus swinglei Burkill ex Harms Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × taitensis Risso Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus tamurana Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus tanaka Kokaya Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus tangerita hort. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus tardiferax Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus tardiferox Hort Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus tardiva Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus tarogayo Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × temple Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus toomikan Siebold Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus tosa-asahi hort. ex Yu. Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus trifoliata L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus truncata hort. ex Tanaka Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus tumida Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus ujukitsu Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus undulata Guillaumin Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus upoluensis Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus verrucosa Nakamura Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × virgata Mabb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus volkameriana Pasq. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus wakonai P.I.Forst. & M.W.Sm. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus warburgina F.M.Bailey Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus × webberi Wester Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus webberi Wester Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus × wilsonii Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus wilsonii Osbeck Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Citrus wintersii Mabb. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus yanbaruensis Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus yuko Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Citrus zeylanica Yu.Tanaka Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 392 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Citrus. Of these 33 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 185 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Citrus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 392 species names for the genus Citrus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 33 8.4%
◕ Synonym 218 55.6%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 141 36.0%

All names

The status of the 577 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Citrus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 33 5.7%
◕ Synonym 399 69.2%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 145 25.1%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 392 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Citrus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 31 189 0 0 220 56.1%
Low confidence 2 29 0 141 172 43.9%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Citrus is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 8 28 0 28 0 64 16.3%
WCSP (in review) 25 190 0 113 0 328 83.7%