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Citrus warburgiana F. M. Bailey

Citrus warburgiana

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Citrus warburgiana. the kakamadu or New Guinea wild lime,[1][2] grows on the south coast of the Papuan Peninsula near Alotau[3][4] in Papua-New Guinea.

It is a poorly known tree species. It has dark green, spherical fruits about 30 millimetres (1.2 in) in diameter.[5][6] It is taxonomically an Australian lime:

Australian limes former Eremocitrus

Citrus glauca

former Microcitrus

Citrus warburgiana

Citrus inodora

Citrus maideniana

Citrus garrawayi

Citrus australasica

Citrus australis

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This wild lime is a species of Microcitrus according to the Swingle system, called Microcitrus warburgiana, and according to the classification of David Mabberley, it is to be called Citrus warburgiana. It is the only Microcitrus coming from outside Australia. Being native to New Guinea, the closest Microcitrus to it is 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) away, namely Citrus garrawayi.[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Jorma Koskinen & Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.
  2. ^ Paul I. Forster & Malcolm W. Smith (2010), "Citrus wakonai P.I.Forst. & M.W.Sm. (Rutaceae), a new species from Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea" (PDF), Austrobaileya, 8 (2): 133–138, JSTOR 41739123
  3. ^ Mike Saalfeld. "Citrus wakonai". homecitrusgrowers.co.uk.
  4. ^ (pictures)
  5. ^ Citrus pages, Native Australian and New Guinean citrus, Citrus warburgiana
  6. ^ Frederick Manson Bailey. 1901. Annual Report on British New Guinea 142, Reprint of the British New Guinea, Citrus warburgiana
  7. ^ Jorma Koskinen & Sylvain Jousse. "Citrus Pages / Native Australian varieties". free.fr.
  8. ^ "warburgiana". ucr.edu.

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Citrus warburgiana: Brief Summary

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This wild lime is a species of Microcitrus according to the Swingle system, called Microcitrus warburgiana, and according to the classification of David Mabberley, it is to be called Citrus warburgiana. It is the only Microcitrus coming from outside Australia. Being native to New Guinea, the closest Microcitrus to it is 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) away, namely Citrus garrawayi.

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