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Accession Data:

Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle

  • Common Name: Key Lime
  • Family: Rutaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: southeast Asia

  • Description: Citrus medica L. x Citrus hystrix DC.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600028
  • Source: Logees
  • Accession Date: 02-23-2016
  • Bench: 1213 - AUS:West Bench NC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-24-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Sapindales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Rutaceae
  • SubFamily: Aurantioideae
  • Tribe: Citreae
  • SubTribe: Citrinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

References (internal):

  • Edible Plants
  • Plants with Edible Fruits
  • Medicinal Plants - Traditional African Medicine

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  2. Key Lime at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Forest & Kim Starr [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Thursday, October 26, 2017.
  4. Citrus x aurantiifolia at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, October 26, 2017.
  5. Citrus aurantiifolia at Encyclopedia of Life. Last accessed on Thursday, October 26, 2017.

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:48:05 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Citrus aurantiifolia

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Current Accessions in the Rutaceae

Subfamily Aurantioideae
Tribe Aurantieae

  • Merrilliinae: Murraya koenigii
  • Merrilliinae: Murraya paniculata

Subfamily Aurantioideae
Tribe Citreae

  • Citrinae: Citropsis daweana
  • Citrinae: Citrus aurantiifolia
  • Citrinae: Citrus japonica Nagami
  • Citrinae: Citrus junos
  • Citrinae: Citrus x limon
  • Citrinae: Citrus medica
  • Citrinae: Citrus x pyriformis
  • Citrinae: Citrus reticulata
  • Citrinae: Citrus reticulata Clementine de Nules
  • Citrinae: Citrus trifoliata
  • Triphasiinae: Triphasia trifolia

Subfamily Rutoideae
Tribe Ruteae

  • Ruta graveolens

Subfamily Spathelioideae

  • Cneorum tricoccon
  • Ptaeroxylon obliquum

Subfamily Toddalioideae

  • Casimiroa edulis
  • Dictamnus albus var. purpureus
  • Zanthoxylum simulans
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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