Citreae

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title: "Citreae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["aurantioideae", "rosid-tribes"] description: "Tribe of flowering plants" topic_path: "general/aurantioideae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citreae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Tribe of flowering plants ::

| image = Citrus aurantium.jpg | image_caption = Bitter orange (Citrus aurantium) | taxon = Citreae | authority = | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text

Citreae is one of the two tribes of the flowering plant family Rutaceae, subfamily Aurantioideae, the other being Clauseneae.

Subtribes and genera

Three sub-tribes are included:

• Triphasiinae
  • Luvunga Buch.-Ham. ex Wight & Arn.
  • Merope M.Roem.
  • Monanthocitrus
  • Pamburus Swingle
  • Paramignya Wight
  • Triphasia
  • Wenzelia Merr.
• Balsamocitrinae
  • Aegle Corrêa – bael
  • Aeglopsis Swingle
  • Afraegle (Swingle) Engl.
  • Balsamocitrus Stapf
  • Feroniella Swingle
  • Limonia L. – curd fruit
  • Swinglea Merr.
• Citrinae
  • Atalantia
  • Burkillanthus
  • Citropsis
  • Citrus
  • Clymenia (may belong in Citrus)
  • Hesperethusa
  • Naringi
  • Poncirus – trifoliate orange (may belong in Citrus)
  • Pleiospermium
  • Severinia

Notable species in the Citrinae group include Bergamot orange, calamondin, citron, grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, pummelo, tangelo, and tangerine, all of which are in the genus Citrus.

References

References

1. Spiegel-Roy, Pinhas. (1996). "The Biology of Citrus". Cambridge University Press.

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