PLANTS Profile for Citrus ×aurantiifolia (key lime)

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PLANTS Profile

Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle (pro sp.) [medica × sp.]
key lime

Symbol:

CIAU7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rutaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub
Tree

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I
VI		I

More Information:

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Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle (pro sp.) [medica × sp.]

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Synonyms:
Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle (pro sp.) [medica × sp.]

CIAU	Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle, orth. var.	key lime
CIAU4	Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle, database artifact	key lime
LIAU7	Limonia aurantifolia Christm., orth. var.
LIAU9	Limonia aurantiifolia Christm.

Distribution:
Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle (pro sp.) [medica × sp.]


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle (pro sp.) [medica × sp.]

View 37 genera in Rutaceae, 17 species in Citrus

Classification:
Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle (pro sp.) [medica × sp.]

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Sapindales
Family	Rutaceae – Rue family
Genus	Citrus L. – citrus
Species	Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle (pro sp.) [medica × sp.] – key lime

Introduced Information:
Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle (pro sp.) [medica × sp.]

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle (pro sp.) [medica × sp.]

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle (pro sp.) [medica × sp.]

Pacific Basin-Traditional Tree Initiative

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 07:00 PM CST