Citronella (genus)

Citronella
Citronella mucronata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Aquifoliales
Family:	Cardiopteridaceae
Genus:	Citronella D.Don
Synonyms[1]
Chariessa Miq. Briquetina J.F.Macbr.

Citronella is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cardiopteridaceae described as a genus in 1832.^[2][3] It is native to tropical regions of South and Central America, insular Southeast Asia, Australia, and islands of the western Pacific.^[1] The genus was formerly treated as belonging to the family Icacinaceae.^[4][5]

Few species have been cultivated. Citronella mucronata, from Chile, is remarkable for its hardiness compared to other members of this genus. It is one of the most well-known of the species and has been introduced to Europe.^[6][7]

1. ^ ^{a b} Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. ^ Don, David. 1832. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 13: 243-244 description in Latin, commentary in English
3. ^ Tropicos, Citronella D.Don
4. ^ Howard R. A. 1942d Studies of the Icacinaceae. V. A revision of the genus Citronella D. Don. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 142: 60-89
5. ^ Genus Citronella from Encyclopedia of Chilean Flora
6. ^ "Chilean plants cultivated in Spain" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
7. ^ Mabberley, D. 1997. The Plant-Book. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 858p.

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