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4100.000 Citrus
Description of the genus
Small trees or shrubs, sometimes armed. Leaves alternate, 1-foliolate, sometimes with a winged rhachis. Flowers solitary or in clusters, bisexual, (4-)5-merous. Stamens numerous, arranged in bundles. Ovary (4-)5-many-locular; loculi 4-8-ovulate. Fruit large, spherical, ovoid or obovoid, many-seeded. Worldwide: 20 species in S and SE Asia to E Australia |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| aurantium L. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| limon (L.) Burm. f. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Citrus:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Citrus pageFlora of Mozambique: Citrus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Citrus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Citrus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Citrus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Citrus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Citrus
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