Citrus × aurantium

species of plant, the bitter orange
Taxon taxon Q147096
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Summary

Citrus × aurantium is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,268 views/month, #839 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Citrus[4]
  • Taxon name: Citrus × aurantium[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: food[7], medicinal plant[8], spice[9]
  • Commons category: Citrus × aurantium[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Citrus × aurantium[11]
  • Commons gallery: Citrus × aurantium[12]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[13]
  • Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=10684[15]
  • This taxon is source of: immature bitter orange[16], Seville orange[17], petitgrain[18], neroli[19], bitter orange oil[20], smell of neroli[21], smell of petitgrain[22], smell of bigarade[23], bitter orange pulp[24]
  • Taxon common name: sour orange[25], Taronger agre[26], Kahet[27], Bitterorange[28], Pomeranze[29], Νερατζιά[30], Bitter orange[31], Bigaradujo[32], hapanappelsiini[33], Pomeranssi[34], Bigaradier[35], Zure sinaasappel[36], Pomerans[37], Pomarańcza gorzka[38]

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Identifiers

Citrus × aurantium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 43166[39]. Citrus × aurantium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 49905992[40]. Citrus × aurantium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8077391[41]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 28884[42] and 825215[43].

Why It Matters

Citrus × aurantium has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Naturbasen species id → 35897/pomerans
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Naturbasen species id: 35897/pomerans, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/321227475|Citrus aurantium (#321227475)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8386|Natur"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 26CQuW
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · CanticleCat · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → immature bitter orange, Seville orange, petitgrain +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ This taxon is source of: bitter orange pulp"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007283820005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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