Citrus japonica Thunb. is a plant in the Rutaceae family, order Sapindales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Citrus japonica Thunb.

Citrus japonica Thunb.

Citrus japonica Thunb. is a native southern Chinese citrus species, first described in 1780, with common names round, Marumi, and Morgani kumquat.

Family
Genus
Citrus
Order
Sapindales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Citrus japonica Thunb.

Citrus japonica Thunb., commonly known as round kumquat, Marumi kumquat, or Morgani kumquat, is a species of citrus fruit belonging to the genus Citrus. It was first formally described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1780 under the name Fortunella japonica. This species is native to southern China.

Photo: (c) Manuel Martín Vicente, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Sapindales Rutaceae Citrus

More from Rutaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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