Citropsis
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Not to be confused with Cherry orange.
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]
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Citropsis | |
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Citropsis articulata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
Genus: | Citropsis (Engl.) Swingle & Kellerm.[1][2] |
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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