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Citrus

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Rutaceae

Taxonomy
Citrus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rutaceae by Liu et al. (1996); and to Aurantioideae by Xie et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Citrus Linnaeus
1996Citrus Liu et al.
2013Citrus Xie et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderSapindales
familyRutaceaede Jussieu 1789
AurantioideaeSwingle and Reece 1957
genusCitrus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Citrus Linnaeus 1753
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Citrus linczangensis Xie et al. 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 47.80000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France C. sp. (184468)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Hainan) C. nigra (223825)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) C. linczangensis (222695)