Micrantha (citrus)

Micrantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Species:
C. hystrix
Binomial name
Citrus hystrix
Synonyms

Citrus westeri Tanaka[1]
Citrus micrantha Wester[2]

The micrantha is a wild citrus from the papeda group, native to southern Philippines, particularly islands of Cebu and Bohol. Two varieties are recognized: small-flowered papeda (C. hystrix var. micrantha), locally known as biasong, and small-fruited papeda (C. hystrix var. microcarpa) or samuyao.[3][4]

Although long viewed as a separate species, C. micrantha, it is now generally viewed to fall within Citrus hystrix, but genomic data on the latter is insufficient for a definitive conclusion.[5] A micrantha was one of the progenitor species of some varieties of lime.[6]

  1. ^ "Citrus westeri". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ Citrus micrantha was first described and published in Philippine Agricultural Review 1915, viii. 20."Plant Name Details for Citrus micrantha". IPNI. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. ^ P. J. Wester (1915), "Citrus Fruits In The Philippines", Philippine Agricultural Review, 8
  4. ^ Jorma Koskinen, "Small-flowered and Small-fruited papeda", Citrus Pages
  5. ^ Ollitrault, Patrick; Curk, Franck; Krueger, Robert (2020). "Citrus taxonomy". In Talon, Manuel; Caruso, Marco; Gmitter, Fred G Jr. (eds.). The Citrus Genus. Elsevier. pp. 57–81. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-812163-4.00004-8. ISBN 9780128121634. S2CID 242819146.
  6. ^ Khan, Iqrar A.; Grosser, Jude W. (2004-05-01). "Regeneration and characterization of somatic hybrid plants of Citrus sinensis (sweet orange) and Citrus micrantha, a progenitor species of lime". Euphytica. 137 (2). Kluwer Academic Publishers: 271–278. doi:10.1023/B:EUPH.0000041591.65333.3c. ISSN 1573-5060. S2CID 12880471.