Citropsis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Distinguish|Cherry orange}}

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Citropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. They are known generally as African cherry oranges.Swingle, W. T., rev. P. C. Reece. [http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter3.html Chapter 3: The Botany of Citrus and its Wild Relatives.] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130901030802/http://websites.lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter3.html |date=2013-09-01 }} In: The Citrus Industry vol. 1. Webber, H. J. (ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. 1967. They are native to Africa.Yahata, M., et al. (2006). [http://journal.ashspublications.org/content/131/6/764.full.pdf Production of sexual hybrid progenies for clarifying the phylogenic relationship between Citrus and Citropsis species.] Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 131(6), 764-69.

This genus is in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes genus Citrus. It is in the tribe Citreae and subtribe Citrinae, which are known technically as the citrus fruit trees.[http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/citrus.html Citrus Variety Collection.] College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University of California, Riverside. Citropsis and the genus Atalantia are also called near-citrus fruit trees. The genus Citropsis is thought to be an ancestral group of genus Citrus. Fruit-bearing intergeneric hybrids have been established between Citropsis gabunensis and Citrus wakonai.Smith, M. W., et al. (2013). [http://journal.ashspublications.org/content/138/1/57.abstract First fruiting intergeneric hybrids between Citrus and Citropsis.] Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 138(1), 57-63. Demand for the roots, supposedly an aphrodisiac, may lead to the overexploitation of the tree.Mmali, J. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6915509.stm Uganda's 'sex tree' under threat.] BBC News 25 July 2007.

Taxa include:

• Citropsis angolensis – Angola cherry orange
• Citropsis articulata (syn. C. preussii, C. schweinfurthii{{GRIN | Citropsis schweinfurthii | 10672 | accessdate = 21 January 2018}}) – West African cherry orange
• Citropsis daweana – Mozambique cherry orange
• Citropsis gabunensis – Gabon cherry orange
• Citropsis gabunensis var. lacourtiana – Sankuru cherry orange
• Citropsis gilletiana – Gillet's cherry orange
• Citropsis latialata – Ikongu cherry orange
• Citropsis le-testui – Le Testu's cherry orange
• Citropsis mirabilis – Ivory Coast cherry orange
• Citropsis noldeae{{GRIN | Citropsis noldeae | 102913 | accessdate = 21 January 2018}}
• Citropsis tanakae – Sierra Leone cherry orange
• Citropsis zenkeri – Zenker's cherry orange