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Imperial lemon

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Fruit

Imperial lemon

An Imperial lemon tree
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Subfamily:	Aurantioideae
Genus:	Citrus
Species:	**C. limon × C. paradisi**

The Imperial lemon is thought to be a lemon and grapefruit hybrid. Its fruit is slightly larger than a lemon and has a more rounded shape.

References

Colin Macfarquhar; George Gleig (1797). Encyclopædia britannica: or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature. A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar. p. 29. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

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cultivars

Mandarin oranges

Kumquat species	Hong Kong kumquat Meiwa kumquat Oval kumquat Round kumquat Jiangsu kumquat Malayan kumquat
Kumquat hybrids (× Citrofortunella)	Calamansi Citrangequat Limequat Mandarinquat Procimequat Sunquat Yuzuquat

Australian
and Papuan
wild limes group

Eromocitrus (former genera)	Desert lime
Microcitrus (former genera)	New Guinea wild lime Australian round lime Russell River lime Maiden's wild lime Mount White lime Australian finger lime Brown River finger lime
Clymenia (former genera)	Clymenia platypoda Clymenia polyandra
Oxanthera (former genera)	Orange-flowered oxanthera Large-leaf oxanthera Wavy-leaf oxanthera Oxanthera brevipes

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(perhaps
properly Citrus)

Poncirus/Trifoliate orange

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