Glycosmis is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae and tribe Clauseneae. It is in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes genus Citrus. It is a genus of the subtribe Clauseninae, which are known technically as the remote citroid fruit trees.
The distribution of the genus includes Southeast Asia and Australia.
Description
Plants of the genus are shrubs and small trees. New growth is coated densely in rusty hairs. The leaves are simple blades or are divided into narrow leaflets, sometimes pinnately. The small flowers have five white petals and are borne in compound inflorescences. The fruit is a juicy or dry berry. Some species can be variable in appearance.
Diversity
The genus Glycosmis is not well understood and many named species have not been adequately described. Today there are about 35 to over 50 species included in the genus.
Species include:
Glycosmis aglaioidesR.H.Miao
Glycosmis albicarpaSujana & Vadhyar
Glycosmis angustifoliaLindl. ex Wight & Arn.
Glycosmis boranaV.Naray. ex Tanaka
Glycosmis chlorosperma(Blume) Spreng.
Glycosmis cochinchinensis(Lour.) Pierre ex Engl.
Glycosmis collinaB.C.Stone
Glycosmis craibiiTanaka
Glycosmis crassifoliaRidl.
Glycosmis cyanocarpa(Blume) Spreng.
Glycosmis cymosa(Kurz) V.Naray.
Glycosmis decipiensB.C.Stone
Glycosmis dinhensisPierre ex Guillaumin
Glycosmis elongataBakh.f.
Glycosmis erythrocarpa(Hayata) Hayata – red-tangerine
Glycosmis esquirolii(H.Lév.) Tanaka
Glycosmis gracilisB.C.Stone
Glycosmis greeneiElmer
Glycosmis lanceolata(Blume) D.Dietr.
Glycosmis longipes(Craib) Tanaka
Glycosmis longipetalaF.J.Mou & D.X.Zhang
Glycosmis longisepalaB.C.Stone
Glycosmis macranthaMerr.
Glycosmis macrocarpaWight
Glycosmis macrophylla(Blume) Miq.
Glycosmis mansianaV.Naray.
Glycosmis mauritiana(Lam.) Tanaka
Glycosmis nelliyampathiensisJabeena & Maya
Glycosmis oliganthaC.C.Huang
Glycosmis ovoideaPierre
Glycosmis parkinsoniiYu.Tanaka
Glycosmis parvaCraib
Glycosmis parviflora(Sims) Little – Chinese glycosmis