Citrus x limon(CIDLI)
Overview Code created in: 1999-10-18
- EPPO Code: CIDLI
- Preferred name: Citrus x limon
- Authority: (Linnaeus) Burman f.
Native to China. Probably a hybrid between C. medica and C. aurantifolia. Cultivated in the Mediterranean area since medieval times. Introduced in India, Indochina, Malesia, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest, southeast Brazil)
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Citrus limon | (Linnaeus) Burman f. |
| Citrus limonum | Risso |
| Citrus medica var. limon | Wight & Arnott |
| Citrus x limon var. limon | (Linnaeus) Burman f. |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| lemon | English |
| Limonenbaum | German |
| Zitrone | German |
| Zitronenbaum | German |
| citronnier | French |
| citronnier limonier | French |
| limonier | French |
| limonnier des Anglais | French |
| limonero | Spanish |
| citreno | Italian |
| limone | Italian |
| citroenboom | Dutch |
| limão | Portuguese |
| limoeiro | Portuguese |
| limoeiro-azedo | Portuguese |
| limoeiro-galego | Portuguese |
| limoneiro | Portuguese |
| citron | Swedish |
| лимон | Russian |
| citron | Danish |
| sitron | Norwegian |
| sitruuna | Finnish |
| limon | Turkish |
| cytryna zwyczajna | Polish |
| citrom | Hungarian |
| portokall | Albanian |
| limoiondoa | Basque |
| limonondo | Basque |
| лимон | Bulgarian |
| citronella | Catalan |
| llimera | Catalan |
| llimoner | Catalan |
| llimonera | Catalan |
| níng méng | Chinese |
| 柠檬 | Chinese |
| limun | Croatian |
| limun | Croatian |
| citron | Czech |
| harilik sidrunipuu | Estonian |
| limoeiro | Galician |
| λεμόνι | Greek |
| nimbu | Hindi |
| नींबू | Hindi |
| īstais citronkoks | Latvian |
| tikrasis citrinmedis | Lithuanian |
| lămîi | Romanian |
| limona | Slovene |
| limau | Swahili |
| лимон | Ukrainian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Malvids (
1MAVD )
Order
Sapindales (
1SAPO )
Family
Rutaceae (
1RUTF )
Subfamily
Aurantioideae (
1AURS )
Genus
Citrus (
1CIDG )
Species
Citrus x limon (
CIDLI )

