Citropsis

Citropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. They are known generally as African cherry oranges.[3] They are native to Africa.[4]

Not to be confused with Cherry orange.

Citropsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Aurantioideae
Genus: Citropsis
(Engl.) Swingle & Kellerm.[1][2]
Species

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This genus is in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes genus Citrus. It is in the tribe Citreae and subtribe Citrinae, which are known technically as the citrus fruit trees.[3][5] Citropsis and the genus Atalantia are also called near-citrus fruit trees.[3] The genus Citropsis is thought to be an ancestral group of genus Citrus.[4] Fruit-bearing intergeneric hybrids have been established between Citropsis gabunensis and Citrus wakonai.[6] Demand for the roots, supposedly an aphrodisiac, may lead to the overexploitation of the tree.[7]

Taxa include:[5]

  • Citropsis angolensis – Angola cherry orange
  • Citropsis articulata (syn. C. preussii, C. schweinfurthii[8]) – West African cherry orange
  • Citropsis daweana – Mozambique cherry orange
  • Citropsis gabunensis – Gabon cherry orange
    • Citropsis gabunensis var. lacourtiana – Sankuru cherry orange
  • Citropsis gilletiana – Gillet's cherry orange
  • Citropsis latialata – Ikongu cherry orange
  • Citropsis le-testui – Le Testu's cherry orange
  • Citropsis mirabilis – Ivory Coast cherry orange
  • Citropsis noldeae[9]
  • Citropsis tanakae – Sierra Leone cherry orange
  • Citropsis zenkeri – Zenker's cherry orange

References
  1. "Citropsis (Engl.) Swingle & Kellerm". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  2. "Citropsis (Engl.) Swingle & Kellerm". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  3. Swingle, W. T., rev. P. C. Reece. Chapter 3: The Botany of Citrus and its Wild Relatives. Archived 2013-09-01 at archive.today In: The Citrus Industry vol. 1. Webber, H. J. (ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. 1967.
  4. Yahata, M., et al. (2006). Production of sexual hybrid progenies for clarifying the phylogenic relationship between Citrus and Citropsis species. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 131(6), 764-69.
  5. Citrus Variety Collection. College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University of California, Riverside.
  6. Smith, M. W., et al. (2013). First fruiting intergeneric hybrids between Citrus and Citropsis. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 138(1), 57-63.
  7. Mmali, J. Uganda's 'sex tree' under threat. BBC News 25 July 2007.
  8. "Citropsis schweinfurthii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  9. "Citropsis noldeae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.


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