Australian Finger Lime

Citrus australasica est species arborum fructiferarum quae ad genus citrorum pertinet. Binomen a Ferdinando de Mueller anno 1858 statutum est. Gualterus Tennyson Swingle in genus Microcitrus anno 1915 removit etiam hodie a nonnullis receptum. Fructus virides, flavi, fusci, rubri, nigri secundum varietates videntur.

In Australia sponte gignitur in silvis littoralibus tam humidis quam aridioribus Terrae Reginae australi et septrionalibus partibus Novae Cambriae Australis. Ibi coloni Britanni saeculo XIX propter fructibus utilibus servabant. Australiani hodie libenter in hortis colunt fructuumque vesiculos virides et succosos aut ad fercula ornanda inferunt sive et crudos conditosve comedunt. Recentissime fructus in alias continentes exportantur.

Notae

Bibliographia

De specie

• H. C. Barrett, A. M. Rhodes, "A Numerical Taxonomic Study of Affinity Relationships in Cultivated Citrus and Its Close Relatives" in Systematic Botany vol. 1 (1976) pp. 105-136 (Anglice) JSTOR
• Randall J. Bayer, David J. Mabberley, Cynthia Morton, Cathy H. Miller, Ish K. Sharma, Bernard E. Pfeil, Sarah Rich, Roberta Hitchcock, Steve Sykes, "A molecular phylogeny of the orange subfamily (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae) using nine cpDNA sequences" in American Journal of Botany vol. 96 (2009) pp. 668-685 (Anglice)
• David J. Mabberley, Citrus (Rutaceae): a review of recent advances in etymology, systematics and medical applications in Blumea vol. 49 (2004) pp. 486-498 spec. p. 490
• David J. Mabberley, "Australian Citreae with notes on other Aurantioideae (Rutaceae)" in Telopea vol. 7 (1998) p. 333-344, spec. p. 338

De cultu

• Anthony Hele, "Australian native citrus – wild species, cultivars and hybrids" (Primary Industries and resources SA Fact Sheet 7) (2003)

Nexus externi

Situs scientifici: Tropicos • GRIN • ITIS • Biodiversity • Encyclopedia of Life • Plant Name Index • USDA Plants Database Vide "Citrum australasicam" apud Vicispecies.

• "Citrus australasica F.Muell." apud Citrus Pages (Anglice)

Usus

• "Bushfood: Native Limes" in Subtropical Gardening (Queensland Bushfood Association)
• "Citrus australasica" apud Australian Ethnobotanical Society