Details for: PI 539156, Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle, 'THORNLESS MEXICAN'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle

Cultivar:

'THORNLESS MEXICAN'

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1937

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	1 count	Please use comment field to indicate germplasm type being requested and quantity.	PI 539156 PL

Restrictions
Plant material may be subject to additional regulations
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USA – Louisiana (See state regulations: Citrus Canker Quarantine)

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle

Cultivar:

'THORNLESS MEXICAN'

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1937

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

01 January 1937.
California, United States
Comment: Citrus and Citrus relative accessions at the Repository in Riverside without PI numbers.
Donor(s):

University of California

Accession Names and Identifiers

'THORNLESS MEXICAN'

Type: Cultivar name

RCRC 2683

Type: Donor identifier

Narrative

Fruit virtually indistinguishable from Mexican lime.

Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle

Genus:

Citrus

Family:

Rutaceae

Subfamily:

Aurantioideae

Tribe:

Aurantieae

Subtribe:

Citrinae

Nomen number:

10683

Place of publication:

J. Washington Acad. Sci. 3:465. 1913 "aurantifolia"

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1989212

Comment:

the original spelling "aurantifolia", being derived from the generic name Aurantium, is correctable under Shenzhen ICN Art. 60.10 (see Ex. 35)

Verified:

11/13/2017 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Limonia aurantiifolia Christm.

Autonym(s)
Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle var. aurantiifolia

Heterotypic Synonym(s)


Citrus acida Roxb.
Citrus ×excelsa Wester
Citrus excelsa Wester var. davaoensis Wester
Citrus hystrix DC. subsp. acida (Roxb.) Engl.
Citrus lima Lunan
Citrus limetta Risso var. aromatica Wester
Citrus macrophylla Wester
Citrus ×davaoensis (Wester) Tanaka
Citrus aurata Risso
Citrus medica L. var. acida (Roxb.) Hook. f.
Citrus ×javanica Blume
Citrus lima Macfad.
Citrus limonellus Hassk. var. limonellus
Citrus limonellus Hassk. var. oxycarpus Hassk.
Citrus limonellus Hassk.
Citrus grandis Hassk. var. oblonga Hassk.
Citrus grandis Hassk.
Citrus grandis Hassk. var. grandis
Citrus grandis Hassk. var. sphaerocarpos Hassk.
Citrus acida Roxb. var. acida

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	colo	as Citrus macrophylla	1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: = Citrus ×macrophylla Wester
English	Egyptian lime		1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English	Indian lime		1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English	Key lime		1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	lime		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Mexican lime		1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	sour lime		1	Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:126. Note: lists as "aurantifolia"
English	West Indian lime		1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Cebuano	alemow	as Citrus macrophylla	2	Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. Note: = Citrus celebica? × C. grandis
French	citron vert		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	citronnier gallet		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French	lime acid		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French	limettier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	limettier des Antilles		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French	limettier mexicain		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French	pomme d'Adam	as Citrus aurata	2	Curk, F. et al. 2016. Phylogenetic origin of limes and lemons revealed by cytoplasmic and nuclear markers. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 117:565–583. Note: as Citrus aurata
German	Limette		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Limettenbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Limone		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	saure Limette		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Hindi)	kagzi nimboo		2	Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
India (Hindi)	kagzi nimbu		2	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). 3:610-611.
Italian	lima		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	lima-ácida		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	limão		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	limeira		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Portuguese (Brazil)	limão-galego		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	limão-tahiti		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	lima		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	lima mejicana		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish	limero		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish	limón agrio		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish	limón ceutí		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese	lai meng		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Citrus ×aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle
Transliterated Arabic	limoo		2	Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Transliterated Arabic (Morocco)	doc		2	Citrus Crop Germplasm Committee. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
unknown	alimau	as Citrus macrophylla	2	Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. Note: = Citrus hystrix var. macrophylla (Wester) Merr.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Availability
GROWTH	Tree habit	General growth habit of tree.	2 - spreading	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
GROWTH	Tree shape	General shape of tree.	2 - spheroid	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
GROWTH	Tree vigor	General vigor of tree.	2 - medium	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Vegetative Life Cycle	Evergreen vs. deciduous .	1 - evergreen	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot tip color	Color of shoot tip.	1 - green	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf type	Leaf type .	1 - simple	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf shape	Shape of leaves.	2 - ovate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf form	Ratio of petiole to lamina.	2 - brevipetiolate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf margin	Type of leaf margin.	1 - crenate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Petiole wing shape	Shape of petiole wing.	3 - obovate	0	CITRUS.TREEDATA.89	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Length of fruit	Mean of 10 fruit (cm)	3.8	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Width of fruit	Mean of 10 fruit (cm)	4	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit	Shape of fruit	1 - spheroid	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit apex	Blossom end	1 - mammiform	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit base	Stem end	3 - convex	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of fruit	At maturity	3 - yellow	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Epicarp surface texture	Epicarp surface texture	1 - smooth	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Adherence of epicarp	Adherence to mesocarp	3 - strong	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Thickness of mesocarp	Measured in mm	1	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Nature of oil glands	Nature of oil glands	3 - very conspicuous	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of segments per fruit	Number of segments per fruit	9.8	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Nature of segment membranes	Nature of segment membranes	1 - very fine	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit axis at maturity	Physiological maturity	1 - solid	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Fruit axis at full ripeness	Fruit axis at full ripeness	1 - solid	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of pulp	Color of pulp	2 - yellow	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Texture of pulp	Texture of pulp	1 - fine	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Aroma of juice	Aroma of juice	2 - moderate	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of seeds	With pollinizer	3 - 3 to 10	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of juice	Color of juice	2 - yellow	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available