Monanthocitrus

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Monanthocitrus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Aurantioideae
Genus: Monanthocitrus
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Monanthocitrus is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. General common names for the genus include spotseed-lime and monanthocitrus. [1]

It is a member of the tribe Citreae in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which includes the genus Citrus . It is one of several genera in the subtribe Triphasiinae, which are known technically as the minor citroid fruit trees. [2]

Most of the species in this small genus have limited native ranges in Southeast Asia.

Species include:

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References

  1. Swingle, W. T., rev. P. C. Reece. Chapter 3: The Botany of Citrus and its Wild Relatives. Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine In: The Citrus Industry vol. 1. Webber, H. J. (ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. 1967.
  2. Citrus Variety Collection. College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University of California, Riverside.
  3. Stone, B.C. (1985). "New and noteworthy Paleotropical species of Rutaceae". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 137 (2): 213–228 See p. 217. JSTOR   4064868.
  4. "Monanthocitrus cornuta". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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  7. Takeuchi, W. (2013). "Floristic records from the upper Sepik of Papua New Guinea: Aristolochia chrismülleriana sp. nov. (Aristolochiaceae), Monanthocitrus paludosa (Rutaceae), and Secamone timorensis (Apocynaceae)" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 114 (1): 51–57.