Oxanthera

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Oxanthera

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Oxanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. They are endemic to New Caledonia. They are known commonly as false oranges. [1]

Phylogenetic analysis has shown these species to cluster in the same clade as Clymenia and the Australian limes within Citrus , which would also make these species members of that genus, [1] and relegate Oxanthera to a subgenus.

Species include: [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bayer, R.J.; et al. (2009). "A molecular phylogeny of the orange subfamily (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae) using nine cpDNA sequences". American Journal of Botany. 96 (3): 668–685. doi:10.3732/ajb.0800341. PMID   21628223.
  2. GRIN Species Records of Oxanthera. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  3. Citrus Variety Collection. University of California, Riverside.
  4. Jaffré, T. et al. 1998. Oxanthera brevipes. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 05 August 2013.