Characteristics
Dicots
Citrus reticulata Blanco
TANGERINE
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Citrus reticulata has commonly been purported to be one of the primary species for citrus breeding. However, other works (e.g. POWO) treat it as a synonym of C. aurantium, and favor C. deliciosa as the proper name for the primary species and progenitor for various citrus hybrids.
Not Native
UPL (NWPL)
Citation
CITRUS RETICULATA Blanco, Fl. Filip. 610. 1837.
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PHILIPPINES: Luzon: Without data, Sp. Blancoanae 402 (neotype: UC). Neotypified by B. C. Stone, in Dassanayake, Fl. Ceylon 5: 431. 1985.