Citrus hindsii, the Hong Kong kumquat,[2][3] is a species of kumquat;[4] a type of citrus fruit in the genus Citrus, family Rutaceae. This specific name is first published in World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1): 15 (1999).[5][6] Recent phylogenetic analysis suggested that C. hindsii is a single 'true' species.[7][8]
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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. hindsii
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Citrus hindsii produces small, round, pea-sized, bitter and acidic fruit with very little pulp and large seeds. The fruits are bright orange in color when ripe. In warmer regions, it is primarily grown as an ornamental plant as well as houseplant and bonsai. Though it is also found in southern China growing in the wild.[9][10] Not only is it the most primitive of the kumquats, but with kumquats being the most primitive citrus, Swingle described it as the closest to the ancestral species from which all citrus evolved.[8] While the wild Hong Kong kumquat is tetraploid, there is a commercial diploid variety, the Golden Bean kumquat, with slightly larger fruit.[10]
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ "Citrus hindsii". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- ^ "Fortunella hindsii". Citrus Genome Database. Washington State University: MainLab Bioinformatics. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ Written at National Institutes of Health. "Citrus hindsii cultivar:Hongkong kumquat Genome sequencing and assembly". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Bethesda, Maryland, USA: National Library of Medicine. 487160. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ a b "Fortunella hindsii (Champ. ex Benth.) Swingle". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ "Citrus hindsii (Champ. ex Benth.) Govaerts". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Citrus hindsii (Champ. ex Benth.) Govaerts". World Flora Online. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ Yasuda, Kiichi; Yahata, Masaki; Kunitake, Hisato (2016). "Phylogeny and Classification of Kumquats (Fortunella spp.) Inferred from CMA Karyotype Composition". The Horticulture Journal. 85 (2): 115–121. doi:10.2503/hortj.MI-078.
- ^ a b Swingle, Walter T. (1915). "A new genus, Fortunella, comprising four species of kumquat oranges". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 5 (5): 165–176. JSTOR 24520657.
- ^ "Varieties of kumquats, hybrids". Los Angeles Times. February 25, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ a b "Hong Kong,Fortunella hindsii, Champ. ex Benth". U.C. Riverside Citrus Variety Collection. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
External links edit
- "Fortunella hindsii (Champ. ex Benth.) Swingle". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
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