Details for: PI 312872, Citrus australasica F. Muell., 'Australian finger lime'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Citrus australasica F. Muell.

Cultivar:

'Australian finger lime'

Origin:

Developed – New South Wales, Australia

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

30 Mar 1966

PI Assigned:

1966

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

174
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Plant	1 count	Please use comment field to indicate germplasm type being requested and quantity.	PI 312872 PL

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Citrus australasica F. Muell.

Cultivar:

'Australian finger lime'

Origin:

Developed – New South Wales, Australia

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Riverside

Received by NPGS:

30 Mar 1966

PI Assigned:

1966

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

30 May 1965.
California, United States
Comment: Apparently, Joe Furr received the seeds from Australia via Yuma, Arizona (?). The date received at the USDCS, however, is earlier than the date listed in the PI books. The reason for this is not known. See narrative.
Developer(s):

Furr, Joe, USDCS

1973.
California, United States
Comment: Planted at CRC 12D-30-16 on RL (budsource USDCS 65-521-2) (removed ca 1980's).
Developer(s):

Citrus Experiment Station - Riverside

1974.
California, United States
Comment: Planted at CRC 12D-29-16 on RL (budsource USDCS 65-521-2) (removed ca 1980's)
Developer(s):

Citrus Experiment Station - Riverside

Donated

30 March 1966.
New South Wales, Australia
Comment: Received as seeds. Information from PI book: "Clones from L. Chilcott, North Arm Murwillumbah." Seeds were received on this date from a number of differently numbered clones from the same source. This particular clone was No. 220.
Donor(s):

Department of Agriculture

1968.
California, United States
Comment: Probably received at CRC as plants since received date conjectured on the CRC cards is only 2 years after receipt in Indio. See narrative.
Donor(s):

Furr, Joe, USDCS

27 July 2006.
California, United States
Comment: Pathogen-tested propagative material recieved from CCPP.
Donor(s):

Vidalakis, Georgios, Dept of Plant Pathology

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Australian finger lime'

Type: Cultivar name

65-521-2

Type: Donor identifier

USDA US Date & Citrus Station

RCRC 3672

Type: Site identifier

IPPN 354

Type: Quarantine identifier

Gumpf, David J. University of California

VI 697

Type: Quarantine identifier

Gumpf, David J. University of California

Narrative

The source history of this accession is confusing and not well documented. The PI book and Indio accession book lists this PI as being received as seeds in 1966 from the Department of Agirculture, Sydney, Australia. The Indio PI book indicates that the seeds were planted in May, 1965, which is before the PI book documents them as having arrived. The origin direct from Australia is consistent between the PI book and the Date Station records. Possibly the date received in the PI book is actually the date numbered (this was sometimes the case with older PI's). The date received at the CRC is not noted one version of the CRC card, however there is a planting date of 1971. Other CRC records indicate that it was received in 1966 or 1968. However, the CRC number is in the middle of other accessions that were received in 1966. It therefore seems most likely that the accession was received at the CRC as small plants from the USDCS approximately one year after receipt at Indio. Although the origin in Australia is not well documented ("Dept of Agriculture, Sydney, Australia") other accessions of M. australasica are documented in CRC records as being collected by W.V. Mungomery [sic], Dept. Ind., Mayborough, N.S.W., Australia...from North Arm, Murwillumbah, N.S.W.". So it is likely that this was also the origin of this accession. Note that this existed for many years at Riverside but was only VI'ed recently due to interest in the use of M. australasica as a garnish by local and other chefs. (RR Krueger, 12/2006, revised 07/2017)

This accession of M australasica was received without the varietal epithet sanguinea. Apparently at some point, someone decided the light pinkish pigmentation merited appending this epithet, and it is included in some (but not all) versions of the archival records. In any case, this is the pigmented selection of M australasica currently available and for that reason was selected by former SRA and Variety Collection Queen Ottillia "Toots" Bier to send to CCPP for cleanup. (RR Krueger, 07/12/2017)

Additional information and pictures are available from the Citrus Variety Collection and the Citrus Clonal Protection Program.

Citrus australasica F. Muell.

Genus:

Citrus

Family:

Rutaceae

Subfamily:

Aurantioideae

Tribe:

Aurantieae

Subtribe:

Citrinae

Nomen number:

10692

Place of publication:

Fragm. 1:26. 1858

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/760548

Verified:

04/17/2020 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus australasica F. Muell. var. australasica
Microcitrus australasica (F. Muell.) Swingle
Microcitrus australasica (F. Muell.) Swingle var. australasica

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrus australasica F. Muell. var. sanguinea F. M. Bailey
Microcitrus australasica (F. Muell.) Swingle var. sanguinea (F. M. Bailey) Swingle

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Australian finger-lime	as Microcitrus australasica	1	Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. Note: as Microcitrus australasica
English	finger-lime	as Microcitrus australasica	1	Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia Note: as Microcitrus australasica
German	australische Limette	as Microcitrus australasica	2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names as Microcitrus australasica
Swedish	fingerlime	as Microcitrus australasica	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 17 Apr 2020, from Microcitrus australasica (F. Muell.) Swingle to Citrus australasica F. Muell.

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.	2 - purple	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.	1 - elliptic	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)	6.1	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Width of fruit	Mean of 10 fruit (cm)	2	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shape of fruit	Shape of fruit	2 - ellipsoid	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	7 - collared with neck	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of fruit	At maturity	1 - green	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Epicarp surface texture	Epicarp surface texture	5 - coarse	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Adherence of epicarp	Adherence to mesocarp	3 - strong	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Nature of oil glands	Nature of oil glands	1 - inconspicuous	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of segments per fruit	Number of segments per fruit	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	8 - pink	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Texture of pulp	Texture of pulp	4 - ricey	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Aroma of juice	Aroma of juice	5 - resinous	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of seeds	With pollinizer	4 - 11 to 20	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Color of juice	Color of juice	7 - red-purple	10	CITRUS.FRUITJUICEDATA.92	Not Available