Citrus limonia (Canton lemon or Rangpur lime)

Hybrid between Mandarin Citrus reticulata and Lime Citrus aurantifolia.

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Sapindales > Family: Rutaceae > Genus: Citrus

Thought to have originated in Southeast Asia and spread to China and India in cultivation so that by 1000 AD it was in southern China. This species is evidently grown widely as a garden tree in subtropical regions.

Publications

• Sauer, J.D. 1993. Historical geography of crop plants - a select roster. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.