Citropsis
| Citropsis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
| Tribe: | Citreae |
| Genus: | Citropsis Swingle & Kellerm. |
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Citropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. They are known generally as African cherry oranges.[1] They are native to Africa.[2]
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.[1][3] Citropsis and the genus Atalantia are also called near-citrus fruit trees.[1] The genus Citropsis is thought to be an ancestral group of genus Citrus.[2] Fruit-bearing intergeneric hybrids have been established between Citropsis gabunensis and Citrus wakonai.[4]
A root extract of C. articulata is popular in Uganda as an herbal aphrodisiac. The tree is known locally by the name omuboro, and by a number of nicknames that reference male genitalia. Demand for the roots may lead to the overexploitation of the tree.[5]
Taxa include:[3]
- Citropsis angolensis – Angola cherry orange
- Citropsis articulata (syn. C. preussii, C. schweinfurthii[6]) – 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[7]
- Citropsis tanakae – Sierra Leone cherry orange
- Citropsis zenkeri – Zenker's cherry orange
References
- 1 2 3 Swingle, W. T., rev. P. C. Reece. Chapter 3: The Botany of Citrus and its Wild Relatives. In: The Citrus Industry vol. 1. Webber, H. J. (ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. 1967.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 Citrus Variety Collection. College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University of California, Riverside.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Mmali, J. Uganda's 'sex tree' under threat. BBC News 25 July 2007.
- ↑ Citropsis schweinfurthii. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
- ↑ Citropsis noldeae. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
External links
- Sorting Citrus Relatives
- Citropsis. The Plant List.