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  2. Citrus taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Lemon: "true" lemons derive from one common hybrid ancestor, having diverged by mutation. The original lemon was a hybrid between a male citron and a female sour orange, itself a pomelo/pure-mandarin hybrid; citrons contribute half of the genome, while the other half is divided between pomelo and mandarin.

  3. Lemon - Wikipedia

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    The lemon, like many other cultivated Citrus species, is a hybrid, in its case of the citron and the bitter orange. [5] [6] The lemon is a hybrid of the citron and the bitter orange. [6] Taxonomic illustration by Franz Eugen Köhler, 1897 . Lemons were most likely first grown in northeast India. [7] The origin of the word lemon may be Middle ...

  4. Seedless fruit - Wikipedia

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    Because the plants are genetically identical clones, a pest or disease that affects one individual is likely capable of affecting each of its clones. For example, the vast majority of commercially produced bananas are cloned from a single source, the Cavendish cultivar , and are vulnerable to the fungal disease known as Panama disease .

  5. Mandarin orange varieties - Wikipedia

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    Meyer lemon (Citrus x meyer), a cross between a mandarin × pomelo hybrid and a citron. [15] Palestinian sweet lime (Citrus x limettioides), a distinct (mandarin × pomelo) × citron hybrid [15] Rangpur lime (Citrus x limonia), a pure-mandarin × citron cross [15] Rough lemon (Citrus x jambhiri), a pure-mandarin × citron cross, distinct from ...

  6. List of citrus fruits - Wikipedia

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    Mediterranean sweet lemon Sweet lemon Sweet lime Citrus limetta (C. medica × C. × aurantium) Citrus limetta, alternatively considered to be a cultivar of Citrus limon, C. limon 'Limetta', is a species of citrus, commonly known as mousami, musami, sweet lime, sweet lemon, and sweet limetta, it is a member of the sweet lemons. It is small and ...

  7. Pomelo - Wikipedia

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    The bitter orange is a hybrid of wild type mandarin and pomelo; in turn, the lemon is a hybrid of bitter orange and citron, i.e. cultivated lemons have some pomelo ancestry. [9] In addition, there has been repeated introgression of pomelo genes into both early cultivated hybrid mandarins and later mandarin varieties, these last also involving ...

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  9. Citron - Wikipedia

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    The citron (Citrus medica), historically cedrate, [4] is a large fragrant citrus fruit with a thick rind.It is said to resemble a 'huge, rough lemon'. [5] It is one of the original citrus fruits from which all other citrus types developed through natural hybrid speciation or artificial hybridization. [6]