Burkillanthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
Genus: | Burkillanthus Swingle[2] |
Species: | B. malaccensis
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Binomial name | |
Burkillanthus malaccensis | |
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Burkillanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae, containing the single species Burkillanthus malaccensis.[1] It is native to Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.[1] Its common name is Malay ghostlime.[3]
This species is part of the same subfamily (Aurantioideae), tribe (Citreae), and subtribe (Citrinae), as genus Citrus, and as such, it is known technically as a citrus fruit tree.[3] It grows on river banks and on ridges in primary and secondary forests.[1]