Citrus australasica
Citrus australasica est species arborum fructiferarum quae ad genus citrorum pertinet. Binomen a Ferdinando de Mueller anno 1858 statutum est. Gualterus Tennyson Swingle in genus Microcitrus anno 1915 removit etiam hodie a nonnullis receptum. Fructus virides, flavi, fusci, rubri, nigri secundum varietates videntur.

In Australia sponte gignitur in silvis littoralibus tam humidis quam aridioribus Terrae Reginae australi et septrionalibus partibus Novae Cambriae Australis. Ibi coloni Britanni saeculo XIX propter fructibus utilibus servabant. Australiani hodie libenter in hortis colunt fructuumque vesiculos virides et succosos aut ad fercula ornanda inferunt sive et crudos conditosve comedunt. Fructus (Anglice interdum caviar lime appellatus) recentissime in alias continentes exportatur et colitur.

Notae

Bibliographia 

 De specie
 H. C. Barrett, A. M. Rhodes, "A Numerical Taxonomic Study of Affinity Relationships in Cultivated Citrus and Its Close Relatives" in Systematic Botany vol. 1 (1976) pp. 105-136  JSTOR
 Randall J. Bayer, David J. Mabberley, Cynthia Morton, Cathy H. Miller, Ish K. Sharma, Bernard E. Pfeil, Sarah Rich, Roberta Hitchcock, Steve Sykes, "A molecular phylogeny of the orange subfamily (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae) using nine cpDNA sequences" in American Journal of Botany vol. 96 (2009) pp. 668-685 
 David J. Mabberley, Citrus (Rutaceae): a review of recent advances in etymology, systematics and medical applications in Blumea vol. 49 (2004) pp. 486-498 spec. p. 490
 David J. Mabberley, "Australian Citreae with notes on other Aurantioideae (Rutaceae)" in Telopea vol. 7 (1998) p. 333-344, spec. p. 338

 De cultu et usu
 Ryan Bradley, "Stopping the rot: the fight to save fresh food" in The Observer (15 Martii 2020)
 Anthony Hele, "Australian native citrus – wild species, cultivars and hybrids" (Primary Industries and resources SA Fact Sheet 7) (2003)

Nexus externi 

 "Citrus australasica F.Muell." apud Citrus Pages 

 Usus
 "Bushfood: Native Limes" in Subtropical Gardening (Queensland Bushfood Association)
 "Citrus australasica" apud Australian Ethnobotanical Society

Fructus
Citrus
Fruges Australiae
Taxa F. Mueller
Taxa 1858
Species plantarum