Citrus | |
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Sweet orange (Citrus × sinensis cultivar) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Faimily: | Rutaceae |
Subfaimily: | Aurantioideae |
Tribe: | Citreae |
Genus: | Citrus L. |
Species an hybrids | |
Important species: Important hybrids: | |
Synonyms | |
Eremocitrus |
Citrus is a common term an genus (Citrus) o flouering plants in the rue faimily, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed tae hae oreeginatit in the pairt o Sootheast Asie bordered bi Northeast Indie, Burma (Myanmar) an the Yunnan province o Cheena.[1][2][3] Citrus fruit haes been cultivatit in an ever-widenin aurie syne auncient times; the best-kent examples are the oranges, lemons, grapefruit, an limes.