A journey back in time to understand the evolution and origins of the genus citrus.
Thank you to for the awesome citrus fruit art! :)
A list of my sources:
Boyd, R., & Silk, J. B. (2020). How humans evolved. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Fischer, T., & Butzmann, R. (1998). Citrus meletensis (Rutaceae), a new species from the Pliocene of Valdarno (Italy). Plant Systematics and Evolution, 210(1/2), 51-55. Retrieved December 5, 2020, from
Toussaint-Samat, M. (2009). A history of food. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Talon, M., Caruso, M., & Gmitter, F. G. (2020). The genus citrus. Duxford, United Kingdom: Woodhead Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier.
Wu, Guohong & Terol, Javier & Ibanez, Victoria & López-garcía USACH, Antonio & Pérez-Román, Estela & Borredá, Carles & Domingo, Concha