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	Citrus x limon  (L.) BURM.F.

Fam.: Rutaceae / Rue Fam.

Hybrid-Name:  Citrus x aurantium  L. x Citrus medica  L.

Genus:  Citrus  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	BURM.F.:		Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734 - 1793), Dutch botanist, son of Johannes Burman

Etymology:
	Citrus:		Latin for the wood of a tree of which furniture is made, probably Cedar
	limon:		Arabic name of the lemon
	aurantium:		Bitter Orange
	medica:		the middle one

Fig. 1:  Citrus x limon / Lemon Tree (cultiv.) Corsica, L'Ile-Rousse 24.5.2010

Fig. 2:  Citrus x limon / Lemon Tree (cultiv.) Corsica, L'Ile-Rousse 24.5.2010

Fig. 3:  Citrus x limon / Lemon Tree (cultiv.) Chios, Kampos 1.4.2016

Fig. 4:  Citrus x limon / Lemon Tree (cultiv.) Chios, Kampos 1.4.2016

Fig. 5:  Citrus x limon / Lemon Tree (cultiv.) Chios, Kampos 1.4.2016

Fig. 6:  Citrus x limon / Lemon Tree (cultiv.) Chios, Kampos 1.4.2016

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