Ristorcelli 2 (sec. Cottin 2002)
Citrus reticulata Blanco [Clementine Group] (sensu Mabberley 1997); Citrus reticulata Blanco (sensu Swingle and Reece 1967); Citrus clementina hort. ex Tanaka (sensu Hodgson 1967; sensu Tanaka sec. Cottin 2002)
Crown compact or dense, not weeping. First-year twig surface glabrous; second- or third-year twig surface striate; thorns absent or not persistent; prickles absent or not persistent. Petiole glabrous, length short; wings narrow, adjoining the blade. Leaflets one, margin entire or bluntly toothed, shade leaflet blades weakly conduplicate, sun leaflet blades weakly conduplicate. Scent of crushed leaflets mandarin-like. Fruit as broad as long or longer than broad; rind yellow (7-10), yellow-orange (11), orange (12), or red-orange (13); rind texture slightly rough (4-5); firmness leathery; navel absent; flesh orange; taste acidic-sweet.
Cottin, R. 2002. Citrus of the World: A citrus directory. Version 2.0. France: SRA INRA-CIRAD.
Hodgson, R.W. 1967. Horticultural varieties of Citrus. In: Reuther, W., H.J. Webber, and L.D. Batchelor (eds.). The Citrus industry, rev. University of California Press. http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html.
Mabberley, D.J. 1997. A classification for edible Citrus (Rutaceae). Telopea 7: 167–172.
Swingle, W.T. and P.C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. In: Reuther, W., H.J. Webber, and L.D. Batchelor (eds.). The Citrus industry. Ed. 2. Vol. I. University of California, Riverside. http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter3.html.
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Habit (Riverside, CA) |
Habit (Riverside, CA) |
Bark (Riverside, CA) |
First year twig (Riverside, CA) |
First year twig (Riverside, CA) |
First year twig (Riverside, CA) |
Second - third year twig (Riverside, CA) |
Second - third year twig (Riverside, CA) |
Petiole (Riverside, CA) |
Petiole (Riverside, CA) |
Unifoliolate leaf (Riverside, CA) |
Unifoliolate leaf (Riverside, CA) |
Unifoliolate leaf (Riverside, CA) |
Margin (Riverside, CA) |
Margin (Riverside, CA) |
Margin (Riverside, CA) |
Margin (Riverside, CA) |
Shade leaves (Riverside, CA) |
Shade leaves (Riverside, CA) |
Shade leaves (Riverside, CA) |
Shade leaves (Riverside, CA) |
Shade leaves (Riverside, CA) |
Sun leaves (Riverside, CA) |
Sun leaves (Riverside, CA) |
Sun leaves (Riverside, CA) |
Sun leaves (Riverside, CA) |
Immature fruit (Riverside, CA) |
Fruit (Riverside, CA) |
Fruit (Riverside, CA) |
Fruit (Riverside, CA) |
Fruit (Riverside, CA) |
Fruit (Riverside, CA) |
Fruit (Riverside, CA) |
Fruit cross-section (Riverside, CA) |