Tangerine
Orange-colored citrus fruit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the citrus fruit. For other uses, see Tangerine (disambiguation).
For the Indonesian city, see Tangerang.
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Tangerine | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Genus: | Citrus |
Species: | C. × tangerina |
Binomial name | |
Citrus × tangerina | |
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The tangerine is a type of citrus fruit that is orange in color, that is considered either a variety of Citrus reticulata, the mandarin orange, or a closely related species, under the name Citrus tangerina,[1][2][3] or yet as a hybrid (Citrus × tangerina) of mandarin orange varieties, with some pomelo contribution.