Citrus glauca

Citrus glauca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Species:
C. glauca
Binomial name
Citrus glauca
Synonyms[1]
Citrus glauca in the wild

Citrus glauca, commonly known as the desert lime, is a thorny shrub or small tree native to Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia.[2][3] The 1889 book The Useful Native Plants of Australia records the common names native kumquat and desert lemon.[4]

  1. ^ "Citrus glauca (Lindl.) Burkill — The Plant List". Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ Burkill, Isaac Henry. 1932. Gardens' Bulletin, Straits Settlements 5 (Index): 3. Citrus glauca.
  3. ^ Citrus pages, Native Australian Citrus, Citrus glauca Archived 2014-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ J. H. Maiden (1889). The useful native plants of Australia : Including Tasmania. Turner and Henderson, Sydney.