Citrus ×aurantium L. var. aurantium GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Citrus

Family:

Rutaceae

Subfamily:

Aurantioideae

Tribe:

Aurantieae

Subtribe:

Citrinae

Nomen number:

487659

Verified:

03/06/2020 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Citrus ×aurantium L. (0 active accession[s])
Citrus ×aurantium L. var. chrysocarpa (Hassk.) ined. (0 active accession[s])
Citrus ×aurantium L. var. racemosa (Risso & Poit.) ined. (0 active accession[s])
Citrus ×aurantium L. var. sinensis L. (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Citrus aurantium L. var. myrtifolia Ker Gawl.
Citrus funadoko hort. ex Yu. Tanaka
Citrus myrtifolia Raf.

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Common names

English
myrtle-leaf orange –
French
chinois –
German
myrtenblättrige Bitterorange –
Italian
chinotto –
Spanish
naranja mirtifolia –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
2	Cultivated	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan
2	Cultivated	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy		only cult.

Cultivated
Asia-Temperate

EASTERN ASIA: Japan

Europe

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy (only cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Food additives	flavoring	Cautela, D. et al. 2008. Estimating bergamot juice adulteration of lemon juice by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of flavanone glycosides. J. Agric. Food Chem. 56:5407-5414.
Human food	fruit	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6

Taxon: Citrus ×aurantium L. var. aurantium (Citrus Sour Orange Group)