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§1 Plant
Citrus ×aurantium L. (pro sp.) [maxima × reticulata]
vernacular sour orange — species · Rutaceae
PlateNo public-domain or CC photograph located.
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rutaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Citrus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- NAV Navassa Island Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 36 counties across 3 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 36 counties across 3 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Lee 12071
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Okeechobee 12093
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Volusia 12127
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CIAU8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8077391 ↗Record version
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