Biology:Citrus crassifolia

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Short description: Species of kumquat

Citrus crassifolia
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Fruit
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Species:
C. crassifolia
Binomial name
Citrus crassifolia
Swingle, 1915[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Fortunella crassifolia
  • Fortunella x crassifolia

Citrus crassifolia, the Meiwa kumquat, is a species of kumquat;[2] a type of citrus fruit in the genus Citrus, family Rutaceae. It was first described by the American botanist Walter Tennyson Swingle in 1915 as Fortunella crassifolia.[1]

Initially, C. crassifolia was described as a synonym of Citrus japonica.[3] Howerver, recent phylogenetic analysis suggested that C. crassifolia is a single 'true' species.[2][1][4]

C. crassifolia was brought to Japan from China at the end of the 19th century. It is a hybrid of Nagami and Marumi. It has seedy oval fruits and thick leaves and was characterized as a different species by Swingle.[1] Its fruit is typically eaten skin and all.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Swingle, Walter T. (1915). "A new genus, Fortunella, comprising four species of kumquat oranges". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5 (5): 173-174. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24520657?seq=5. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Fortunella X crassifolia Swingle". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=506399. 
  3. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Fortunella crassifolia Swingle | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?234 | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = }}
  4. Yasuda, Kiichi; Yahata, Masaki; Kunitake, Hisato (2015). "Phylogeny and Classification of Kumquats (Fortunella spp.) Inferred from CMA Karyotype Composition". The Horticultural Journal 85 (2): 115–121. doi:10.2503/hortj.MI-078. 
  5. Hesser, Amanda. "The Way We Eat: Skin Deep". https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/magazine/the-way-we-eat-skin-deep.html#:~:text=Now%20that%20that's%20settled%2C%20let's,simply%20eat%20the%20entire%20fruit.. 

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