*Citrus japonica Thunberg. Common name: Kumquat. Habitat: Suburban woodlands and disturbed hammocks. Distribution: Native of se. Asia. Reported as naturalizing in suburban woodlands in the Tallahassee (Leon Co., FL) area by Clewell & Tobe (2011)
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Other Comments: Franck et al. (2016) suggested the possibility that the plant that is naturalizing in Tallahassee is really C. ×microcarpa Bunge, the hybrid of C. japonica and C. reticulata.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4; = n/a — FNA13; > Fortunella margarita (Lour.) Swingle. Basionym: Citrus japonica Thunb. 1780
Links to other floras: = n/a - FNA13
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