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Citrus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 782 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000008411.

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Synonyms of Citrus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Aurantium Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754) wfo-4000003691
Citreum Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. [s.p.] (1754) wfo-4000008400
Citrofortunella J.W.Ingram & H.E.Moore Baileya 19: 169. 1975. wfo-4000008403
Citroncirus J.W.Ingram & H.E.Moore Baileya 19: 171. 1975. wfo-4000008404
Eremocitrus Swingle J. Agric. Res. 2(2): 86, f. 1–7. 1914. wfo-4000013710
Fortunella Swingle J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 167 (1915) wfo-4000014967
Limon Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) 1754. wfo-4000021800
Microcitrus Swingle J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 570 (1915) wfo-4000024080
Oxanthera Montrouz. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. , sér. 2, 10: 186 (1860) wfo-4000027524
Papeda Hassk. Flora 25(Beibl. 2): 42. 1842. wfo-4000027916
Pleurocitrus Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 3: 169, 181. 1929. wfo-4000030331
Poncirus Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 143 (1838) wfo-4000030891
Pseudaegle Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 83 (1865) wfo-4000031334
Sarcodactilis C.F.Gaertn. Suppl. Carp. 39. 1805. wfo-4000034038
Citrophorum Neck. Elem. Bot. 2: 401 (1790) wfo-4100005160

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Citrus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus albida Bojer Hortus Maurit. : 49 (1837) wfo-0000607894
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus amara Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 43 (1842) wfo-0000607896
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus arethusa Risso Fl. Nice 82 (1844).. 1844 wfo-0000607901
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantiifolia subsp. latifolia (Tanaka) S.Ríos, D.Rivera & Obón Varied. Tradic. Frutales Río Segura Cat. Etnobot. Cítricos 101. 1998 wfo-0000607907
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantiifolia subsp. murgetana García Lidón, D.Rivera, S.Ríos & Obón Varied. Tradic. Frutales Río Segura Cat. Etnobot. Cítricos 98. 1998 wfo-0001284104
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantiifolia var. latifolia Yu.Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 3(2): 183 (1930) wfo-0000607906
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantium subsp. aurantiifolia (Christm.) Guillaumin – — wfo-0001284105
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantium subsp. decumana (L.) Tanaka – — wfo-0001284069
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantium subsp. junos (Siebold ex Yu.Tanaka) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 165 1901 — wfo-0000607923
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantium subsp. junos Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 165 1901 — wfo-0001242549
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantium var. bergamia (Risso) Brandis – — wfo-0001284106
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantium var. daidai Makino – — wfo-0001284119
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantium var. haematosarca Schmidlin Allg. Deutsch. Gartenbuch 772 (1834) wfo-1200111871
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantium var. lima (Macfad.) Guillaumin Agric. Prat. Pays Chauds n.s., 14: 113 1932 — wfo-0000607924
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantium var. oliviformis Risso ex Loisel. – — wfo-0001284055
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantium var. otaitensis Risso & Poit. Hist. Nat. Orangers 66 1818 wfo-1200073353
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurantium var. vulgaris (Risso) Risso & Poit. – — wfo-0001284123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus aurea hort. ex Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 7: 74. 1935 wfo-0000607945
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus bergamia Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 1: 403. 1826 wfo-0000748570
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus chilensis Molina Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili : 171 (1782) wfo-0000607973
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus chuana Hort. ex Tseng – — wfo-0001133158
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus clementina hort. – — wfo-0001133206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus dulcamara Risso Fl. Nice 82 (1844).. 1844 wfo-0000607998
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus duttae Tanaka Bull. Univ. Osaka Pref., Ser. B, Agric. 9: 33. 1959 wfo-0001356353
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus el-kantara hort. ex Yu.Tanaka Icon. Jap. Citrus Fruits 1: 115 (1946) wfo-0000608002
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus elliptica hort. ex Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 7: 75 (1935) wfo-0000608004
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus elongata hort. ex Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 7: 74 (1935) wfo-0000608005
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus floridana (J.W.Ingram & H.E.Moore) Mabb. Telopea 7: 337 (1998) wfo-0000608012
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus fusiformis Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 142 (1838) wfo-0000608017
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus genshokan hort. ex Tanaka Mem. Tanaka Citrus Exp. Sta. 1(1): 29 (1927) wfo-0000608020
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus georgiana Mabb. Blumea 49: 490 (2004) wfo-0000608021
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus gordonii Risso Fl. Nice 88 (1844).. 1844 wfo-0000608026
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus granulata Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 143 (1838) wfo-0000608042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus harmonilla Risso Fl. Nice 86 (1844).. 1844 wfo-0000608044
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus heterophylla Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 141 (1838) wfo-0000608047
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus hillii F.Muell. Fragm. 1: 26 (1858) wfo-0000608048
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus hsiangyuan Yu.Tanaka Mem. Tanaka Citrus Exp. Sta. 1(2): 32 (1932) wfo-0000608053
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus inflatorugosa Yu.Tanaka Sci. Bull. Agric. Div. Univ. Ryukyu 4: 102 (1957) wfo-0000608071
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus insitorum Mabb. Gard. Bull. Singapore 54: 193 (2002) wfo-0000608073
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus iriomotensis Tanaka Sci. Bull. Agric. Div. Univ. Ryukyu 4: 94 (1957) wfo-0000608075
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus iyo hort. ex Tanaka in Stud. Citrol. vii. 74 (1935), japonice. wfo-0001280482
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus jambhiri Lush. Indian Forester 36: 342 (1910) wfo-0000608078
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus juko Kokaya Trudy Prikl. Bot. 78: 95 (1983) wfo-0000608083
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus junos Siebold ex Tanaka Sieb. Sens. Tor. Hyakun. Kin. Ronbunshu : 65 (1924) wfo-0001230845
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus junos Siebold ex Yu.Tanaka Sieb. Sens. Tor. Hyakun. Kin. Ronbunshu : 65 (1924) wfo-0000608084
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus kinosu Kokaya Trudy Prikl. Bot. 78: 99 (1983) wfo-0000608091
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus lapinii I.S.Kapan. Sakharthw. S.S.R. Mec’niereb. Akad. Moambe 120: 390 (1985) wfo-0000608095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus latifolia (Yu.Tanaka) Yu.Tanaka Syst. Pomol. : 140 (1951) wfo-0000608096
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus leclerei H.Lév. Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan : 249 (1917) wfo-0000608100
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus limorosea D.Rivera, F.Méndez, Obón & S.Ríos Varied. Trad. Frut. Cuenca Río Segura Cat. Etnobot. : 129 (1998) wfo-0000608113
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus longilimon Tanaka Bull. Univ. Osaka Pref., Ser. B, Agric. 9: 31, footnote 1959 wfo-0001335052
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus luteoturgida Tanaka Sci. Bull. Agric. Div. Univ. Ryukyu 4: 99 (1957) wfo-0000608116
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus macracantha Hassk. Cat. Pl. Hort. Bogor. Alt. 218. wfo-0000608118
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus macrocalyx Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 4: 199 (1931) wfo-0000608120
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus mammosa Michel Traité Citronier : 44 (1816) wfo-0000508828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus matsudaidai Hayata – — wfo-0001238671
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus medicolimonum Lush. Indian Forester 36: 349 (1910) wfo-0000608159
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus melanocarpa hort. ex Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 7: 68 (1935) wfo-0000608162
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus miaray Wester Philipp. Agric. Rev. 10: 457 (1917) wfo-0000608165
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus microcarpa Bunge Enum. Pl. China Bor. : 10 (1833) wfo-0000608170
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus microcarya Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 4: 255 (1931) wfo-0000608171
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus mitis Blanco Fl. Filip. : 610 (1837) wfo-0000608172
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus mitis f. gekkitsu Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 20 1919 — wfo-0000745193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus mitis f. shikikitsu Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 20 1919 — wfo-0000745192
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus mutabilis Risso Fl. Nice 85 (1844).. 1844 wfo-0000608175
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus nidonari hort. ex Yu.Tanaka Icon. Jap. Citrus Fruits 2: 436 (1948) wfo-0000608181
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus nobilis var. deliciosa (Ten.) Guillaumin – — wfo-0001284094
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus nobilis var. inermis (Roxb.) Sagot – — wfo-0001284056
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus nobilis var. kikaijimense Tanaka – wfo-0001399067
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus nobilis var. major Ker Gawl. – — wfo-0001284095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus nobilis var. spontanea Ito – — wfo-0001284096
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus nobilis var. tachibana (Makino) Ito – — wfo-0001284097
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus nobilis var. vangasy (Bojer) Guillaumin – — wfo-0001284098
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus oblonga hort. ex Yu.Tanaka Icon. Jap. Citrus Fruits 1: 246 (1946) wfo-0000608197
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus obovata Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 142 (1838) wfo-0000608198
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus obversa Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt. : 218 (1844) wfo-0000608200
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus okinawensis hort. ex Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 7: 75 (1935) wfo-0000608202
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus oleocarpa hort. ex Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 8: 83 (1937) wfo-0000608205
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus oliveri Mabb. Blumea 49: 490 (2004) wfo-0000608206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus otachihana Yu.Tanaka Icon. Jap. Citrus Fruits 1: 234 (1946) wfo-0000608208
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus pachiderma Risso Fl. Nice 87 (1844).. 1844 wfo-0000608212
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus paratangerina hort. ex Tanaka J. Indian Bot. Soc. 16: 239 (1937) wfo-0000608221
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus peretta Risso Fl. Nice 86 (1844).. 1844 wfo-0000608223
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus platymamma hort. ex Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 9(1–2): 25–26 1939 — wfo-0001035333
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus pseudoaurantium hort. ex Yu.Tanaka Icon. Jap. Citrus Fruits 2: 394 (1948) wfo-0000608232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus pseudolimon Tanaka Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect., Ser. B, Agric. 9: 31 1959 wfo-1000066250
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus pseudopapillaris Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 9(1–2): 19–21 1939 — wfo-0001035331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus pseudosunki hort. ex Tanaka J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 1938, x. 353, nomen. wfo-0001035332
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus rangpuriensis Traub Pl. Life 29: 142 (1973) wfo-0000608239
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus retusa hort. ex Tanaka Stud. Citrol. 7: 69 (1935) wfo-0000608246
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus rissoa Risso Hort. Universel 1: 200, t. 27 1839 wfo-1000049416
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus rissoi Risso Fl. Nice 87 (1844).. 1844 wfo-0000608247
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus rissoi var. citratum Risso Fl. Nice 88 1844 wfo-1200040880
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus rotundifolia Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 141 (1838) wfo-0000608249
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus rugulosa hort. ex Tanaka J. Indian Bot. Soc. 16: 239 (1937) wfo-0000608250
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus ryukyuensis G.A.Wu & al. Nature Comm. 12-4377: 2 (2021) wfo-1000080598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus salicifolia Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 141 (1838) wfo-0000608260
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus sechen Kokaya Trudy Prikl. Bot. 78: 100 (1983) wfo-0000608263
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus sechen subsp. sjanchen Kokaya Trudy Prikl. Bot. 78: 101 (1983) wfo-0001284146
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Citrus semperflorens Lush. Indian Forester 36: 851 (1910) wfo-0000608264