Citrus crassifolia, the Meiwa kumquat, is a species of kumquat;[2] a type of citrus fruit in the genus Citrus, family Rutaceae. It was first described by the American botanist Walter Tennyson Swingle in 1915 as Fortunella crassifolia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Citrus |
| Species: | C. crassifolia
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Initially, C. crassifolia was described as a synonym of Citrus japonica.[3] Howerver, recent phylogenetic analysis suggested that C. crassifolia is a single 'true' species.[2][1][4]
C. crassifolia was brought to Japan from China at the end of the 19th century. It is a hybrid of Nagami and Marumi. It has seedy oval fruits and thick leaves and was characterized as a different species by Swingle.[1] Its fruit is typically eaten skin and all.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Swingle, Walter T. (1915). "A new genus, Fortunella, comprising four species of kumquat oranges". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 5 (5): 173–174. JSTOR 24520657.
- ^ a b c "Fortunella X crassifolia Swingle". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ "Fortunella crassifolia Swingle". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- ^ Yasuda, Kiichi; Yahata, Masaki; Kunitake, Hisato (2015). "Phylogeny and Classification of Kumquats (Fortunella spp.) Inferred from CMA Karyotype Composition". The Horticultural Journal. 85 (2): 115–121. doi:10.2503/hortj.MI-078.
- ^ Hesser, Amanda. "The Way We Eat: Skin Deep". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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