Citrus

genus of fruit-bearing plants (source of fruit such as lemons and oranges)
Taxon taxon Q81513
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Summary

Citrus is a taxon[1]. Citrus ranks in the top 0.18% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,013 views/month, #350 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Citreae[4]
  • Taxon name: Citrus[5]
  • Subclass of: fruit[6], tree[7]
  • Commons category: Citrus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Citrus[9]
  • Commons gallery: Citrus[10]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(2)[12], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13]
  • Taxon synonym: Fortunella[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2640[15]
  • Topic has template: Template:Citrus[16]
  • This taxon is source of: citrus fruit[17], citrus juice[18], citrus smell[19], kumquat[20]
  • Taxon common name: citrus[21], 柑橘属[22], 柑桔属[23]
  • Has fruit type: hesperidium[24]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[25], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]

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Identifiers

Citrus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54297[27]. Citrus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2706[28]. Citrus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39954035[29]. Citrus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3190155[30]. Citrus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 28882[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Citrus include Citrus County[32], a county of Florida[33], in United States[34], founded in 1887[35].

Why It Matters

Citrus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Citrus is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Citrus include Citrus County[32], a county of Florida[33], in United States[34], founded in 1887[35].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(2). wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . eFloras. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → citrus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: citrus, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923784|citrus (#289923784)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  2. 16w ago · Wkee4ager · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon author citation → L.
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: L."
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005626-citrusy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005626-citrusy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  4. 22w ago · Putnik · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → citrinmedis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: citrinmedis"
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