Citrus

Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae.

Citrus
File:Citrus still life (8446193983).jpg
Various citrus fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Subfamily:	Aurantioideae
Tribe:	Citreae
Subtribe:	Citrinae
Genus:	Citrus L.
Species and hybrids
Ancestral species: Citrus maxima – Pomelo Citrus medica – Citron Citrus reticulata – Mandarin orange Citrus micrantha – a papeda Citrus hystrix – Kaffir lime Citrus cavaleriei - Ichang papeda Citrus japonica - Kumquat Important hybrids: Citrus × aurantiifolia – Key lime Citrus × aurantium – Bitter orange Citrus × latifolia – Persian lime Citrus × limon – Lemon Citrus × limonia – Rangpur Citrus × paradisi – Grapefruit Citrus × sinensis – Sweet orange Citrus × tangerina – Tangerine See also below for other species and hybrids.
Synonyms
Eremocitrus Microcitrus

Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits. The genus Citrus is native to South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Melanesia, and Australia. For thousands of years, people in these areas grew citrus plants.

Citrus fruits include oranges, lemons, grapefruits, limes, citrons, pomelos, and kumquats.

Citrus reached Micronesia and Polynesia with the Austronesian expansion around 3000-1500 BC. It reached the Middle East and Mediterranean around 1200 BC, and then Europe.

• See also List of citrus fruits.

Citrus Media

• Map of inferred original wild ranges of the main Citrus cultivars, and selected relevant wild taxa (Fuller et al., 2017).png

  Map of inferred original wild ranges of the main Citrus cultivars, and selected relevant wild taxa

• Hybrid origins of Citrus.svg

  Many Citrus species are hybrids of citron, mandarin and pomelo.

• Structure of an orange.svg

  Structure of the botanical hesperidium

• Mandariner Citrus deliciosa.jpg

  Mediterranean Mandarin (Citrus × deliciosa) plantation, Mallorca

• Hauptanbaugebiete-Zitrusfrüchte.svg

  The world's major producer regions for citrus fruits

• Bergapten-from-xtal-3D-bs-17.png

  Bergapten (5-methoxypsoralen) is a furanocoumarin in some citrus fruits that causes skin inflammation when followed by ultraviolet light.

• Orangerie du château de Versailles le 11 septembre 2015 - 78.jpg

  The Versailles Orangerie, 1686

• Giovanna Garzoni (Italian) - Still Life with Bowl of Citrons - Google Art Project.jpg

  Giovanna Garzoni's Still Life with Bowl of Citrons, late 1640s

• Ichangfruit.jpg

  Citrus Ichangensis

• Quinotos.jpg

  Kumquat, with a seed inside one of the carpels