Citreae
{{Short description|Tribe of flowering plants}}
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Citreae is one of the two tribes of the flowering plant family Rutaceae, subfamily Aurantioideae, the other being Clauseneae.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S0-h00_-3CUC |title=The Biology of Citrus |first=Pinhas |last=Spiegel-Roy |author2=Eliezer E. Goldschmidt |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-521-33321-4 |pages=19–21}}
Subtribes and genera
Three sub-tribes are included:
- Triphasiinae
- Luvunga Buch.-Ham. ex Wight & Arn.
- Merope M.Roem.
- Monanthocitrus
- Pamburus Swingle
- Paramignya Wight
- Triphasia
- Wenzelia Merr.
- Balsamocitrinae
- Aegle Corrêa – bael
- Aeglopsis Swingle
- Afraegle (Swingle) Engl.
- Balsamocitrus Stapf
- Feroniella Swingle
- Limonia L. – curd fruit
- Swinglea Merr.
- Citrinae
- Atalantia
- Burkillanthus
- Citropsis
- Citrus
- Clymenia (may belong in Citrus)
- Hesperethusa
- Naringi
- Poncirus – trifoliate orange (may belong in Citrus)
- Pleiospermium
- Severinia
Notable species in the Citrinae group include Bergamot orange, calamondin, citron, grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, pummelo, tangelo, and tangerine, all of which are in the genus Citrus.
References
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External links
- {{Commons category inline|Aurantieae}}
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