CHR 516562 – Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516562
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
26 June 1998
Database record updated:
13 April 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-04 (Verbatim: 4 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Rutaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Tautu
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Tautu
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 4815/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
4 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-04
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
In old plantation. Cultivation relic.
Notes:
Small tree c. 3 m high, densely spiny on main shoots and branches, less so towards periphery of bush on adult shoots. Leaves dark green above, lime-scented. Fruit 4-5 cm diameter, depressed globose, yellow skin, thin. Flesh pale green, very acid. A common cultigen on Aitutaki.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
