Taxon:  Citropsis articulata (Willd. ex Spreng.) Swingle & M. Kellerm.



Summary
Genus:
Citropsis
Family:
Rutaceae
Subfamily:
Aurantioideae
Tribe:
Aurantieae
Subtribe:
Citrinae
Nomen number:
10666
Place of publication:
J. Agric. Res. 1:433.  1914
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Citrus articulata Willd. ex Spreng.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citropsis latialata (De Wild.) Swingle & M. Kellerm.
Citropsis mirabilis (A. Chev.) Swingle & M. Kellerm.
Citropsis schweinfurthii (Engl.) Swingle & M. Kellerm.
Limonia mirabilis A. Chev.
Limonia poggei Engl.
Limonia poggei Engl. var. latialata De Wild.
Limonia schweinfurthii Engl.

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Reference(s)
  1. Adam, J.-G. 1971-. Flore descriptive des monts Nimba.
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1961-. Flore du Gabon.
  3. Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
  4. Carpenter, J. B. & P. C. Reece. 1969. Catalog of genera, species, and subordinate taxa in the orange subfamily Aurantioideae (Rutaceae).
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Citropsis schweinfurthii
  6. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  7. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  9. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
  10. Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives.
  11. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: lists as Citropsis articulata (Spreng.) Swingle & M. Kellerman
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English West African cherry-orange 1 Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria s.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria (s.), Sierra Leone, Togo
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10666. Accessed 7 September 2025.