| Citrus neocaledonica | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Citrus |
| Species: | C. neocaledonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Citrus neocaledonica | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Oxanthera neocaledonica(Guillaumin) Tanaka | |
Citrus neocaledonica,synonymOxanthera neocaledonica, the large leaf oxanthera, is a species ofplant in the familyRutaceae. It isendemic toNew Caledonia.[1]
Citrus neocaledonica was originally named as a member of the genusCitrus byAndré Guillaumin in 1911,[2] but thefalse oranges were moved to a novel genusOxanthera in the Swingle and Tanaka systems of citrus taxonomy.Phylogenetic analysis showed thatOxanthera species clustered withinCitrus, which makes this species a member of that genus.[3]
