Oxanthera
Oxanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. They are endemic to New Caledonia. They are known commonly as false oranges.[1]
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| Genus: | Oxanthera Montrouz. |
Phylogenetic analysis has shown these species to cluster in the same clade as Clymenia and the Australian limes within Citrus, which would also make these species members of that genus,[1] and relegate Oxanthera to a subgenus.
- Oxanthera aurantium — orange flower oxanthera
- Oxanthera brevipes[4]
- Oxanthera fragrans — fragrant oxanthera
- Oxanthera neocaledonica — large-leaf oxanthera
- Oxanthera undulata — wavy-leaf oxanthera
References
- Bayer, R.J.; et al. (2009). "A molecular phylogeny of the orange subfamily (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae) using nine cpDNA sequences". American Journal of Botany. 96 (3): 668–685. doi:10.3732/ajb.0800341. PMID 21628223.
- GRIN Species Records of Oxanthera. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
- Citrus Variety Collection. University of California, Riverside.
- Jaffré, T. et al. 1998. Oxanthera brevipes. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 05 August 2013.
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