Characteristics
Dicots
Citrus x aurantiifolia (Christm.)Swingle
KEY LIME; MEXICAN LIME
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Not Native
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Citation
CITRUS X AURANTIIFOLIA (Christmann) Swingle (C. medica x C. micrantha), J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 465. 1913, pro sp.
Limonia aurantiifolia Christmann 1777; Limonia acidissima Houttuyn 1774, non Linnaeus 1762.
INDONESIA: Without data (lectotype: Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 2: t. 29. 1741). Lectotypified by B. C. Stone, in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 5: 424. 1985.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Collier
USF
Lee
USF
Miami-Dade
USF
Monroe Keys
USF
Palm Beach
USF
Pinellas
USF
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Aurantium spinosissimum
Aurantium spinosissimum (G. Meyer) M. Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez, Fl. Haban. 205. 1897.
BASIONYM: Citrus spinosissima G. Meyer 1818.
Citrus acida
Citrus acida Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 390. 1832, non Persoon 1806.
Citrus aurantium var. limetta
Citrus aurantium Linnaeus, var. limetta (Risso) Wight & Arnott, Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 98. 1834.
BASIONYM: Citrus limetta Risso 1813.
Citrus aurantium var. spinosissima
Citrus aurantium Linnaeus, var. spinosissima (G. Meyer) Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W.I. 132. 1859.
BASIONYM: Citrus spinosissima G. Meyer 1818.
Citrus hystrix subsp. acida
Citrus hystrix de Candolle, subsp. acida (Hooker f.) Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 321. 1905.
BASIONYM: Citrus medica Linnaeus, var. acida Hooker f. 1872; Citrus acida Roxburgh 1832, non Persoon 1806.
Citrus javanica
Citrus javanica Blume, Catalogus 95. 1823.
TYPE: INDONESIA: Java:
Citrus lima
Citrus lima Lunan, Hort. Jamaic. 1: 451. 1814.
Citrus limetta
Citrus limetta Risso, Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 20: 195, t. 2(1). 1813.
Citrus medica forma aurantiifolia
Citrus medica Linnaeus, forma aurantiifolia (Christmann) M. Hiroe, Forest Pl. Hist. Jap. Islands 1: 219. 1974.
BASIONYM: Citrus aurantiifolia Christmann 1762.
Citrus medica var. acida
Citrus medica Linnaeus, var. acida Hooker f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 515. 1872.
BASIONYM: Citrus acida Roxburgh 1832, non Persoon 1806.
Specimens and Distribution
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