Citrus japonica 'Obovata'

Citrus japonica 'Obovata'
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Citrus
Species:	C. japonica 'Obovata'
Binomial name
Citrus japonica 'Obovata'

Citrus japonica 'Obovata' (common name: Jiangsu Kumquat or Fukushu Kumquat) is a species of Kumquat. It bears edible fruit that can be eaten raw. The fruit can be made into jelly and marmalade. The fruit can be round or bell shaped, its bright orange when fully ripe. It has round leaves that make this species unique within the genus. They are grown for its edible fruit and as an ornamental plant. It cannot withstand frost.

Carl Peter Thunberg originally classified the kumquats as members of the citrus genus in 1784 in his book Flora Japonica. They were moved to a new genus, Fortunella, in 1915 by Walter T. Swingle in honor of Robert Fortune. In accordance with the 1994 Tokyo Code of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, the genus name reverted to Citrus.^[1][2][3]

Notes

1. ^ International Code of Botanical Nomenclature(Tokyo Code) 1994 Ch. II, Sec. III Article 11.3 "For any taxon from family to genus inclusive, the correct name is the earliest legitimate one with the same rank"
2. ^ Nicolosi et al. (Theor. Appl. Genetics 100: 1155–1166. 2000)
3. ^ Mabberley (Blumea 49: 481–498. 2004)

External links

• Fortunella obovata info