Citrus oxanthera

Citrus oxanthera
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Citrus
Species:	C. oxanthera
Binomial name
	Citrus oxanthera; Beauvis.
Synonyms
	Atalantia aurantia Vieill. ex Guillaumin ; Oxanthera aurantium Tanaka ; Oxanthera fragrans Montrouz. ;

Citrus oxanthera, synonym Oxanthera aurantium, is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. Sometimes referred to commonly as the orange-flowered oxanthera, it is endemic to New Caledonia.^[1]

Taxonomy

Citrus oxanthera has historically been placed in a number of genera, including Atalantia and most recently, Oxanthera, commonly known as false oranges. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Oxanthera species clustered within Citrus, which makes this species a member of that genus,^[2] as had been suggested by Georges Beauvisage a century before.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Citrus oxanthera Beauvis.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ Bayer, R.J.; et al. (2009). "A molecular phylogeny of the orange subfamily (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae) using nine cpDNA sequences". American Journal of Botany. 96 (3): 668–685. doi:10.3732/ajb.0800341. PMID 21628223.
^ Georges Beauvisage, Genera Montrouzierana plantarum novoe caledonioe, Paris, 1901, p. 14