Citrus sinensis

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Scientific name: Citrus sinensis

Common name(s): Sweet Orange

Name as shown in Phylogenes: Orange

Ploidy: Diploid

Description:

Citrus sinensis, also known as sweet orange, is an evergreen native to Spain. It is one of the major fruit crops worldwide; the fruits are eaten and used to produce juice.

Aside from its immense agricultural, nutritional, and economic importance, sweet orange is valuable resource for comparative genomics, citrus breeding, and understanding metabolism of small molecules such as vitamin C.

Reference(s):

1. Wu GA, et al. Sequencing of diverse mandarin, pummelo and orange genomes reveals complex history of admixture during citrus domestication. Nat Biotechnol. 2014 Jul;32(7):656-62. doi: 10.1038/nbt.2906.

Genome Database(s): 

Citrus Genome Database