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Re:A ternary plot of citrus geneology by smlacy on Thursday March 05, 2026 @05:46PM (#47268311)
Seems to be missing the Etrog? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrus_taxonomy#Citrons

Also, the "click to show search results" is cool but fails for "Arizona Citron" in obvious ways.

Re:A ternary plot of citrus geneology by madcaptenor on Thursday March 05, 2026 @06:31PM (#47268714)
Apparently it's also known as the Greek citron, but I don't see it under that name either.
Re:A ternary plot of citrus geneology by jlauf on Thursday March 05, 2026 @08:31PM (#47269676)
There are lots of citruses missing; the ones in the chart are only the ones I could find reliable values for (from the sources at the bottom). I'll add more if I can find other reliable sources. For what it's worth, I think the etrog is basically a pure citron variety.

Yeah, that's definitely an issue. If I get a chance, I'll curate images to add!

Re:A ternary plot of citrus geneology by vixen99 on Friday March 06, 2026 @10:10AM (#47275844)
Fascinating. Look forward to your update.
Re:A ternary plot of citrus geneology by pazimzadeh on Thursday March 05, 2026 @09:50PM (#47270241)
I couldn't find the Seville orange, or what Iranians call Narang

Nevermind, they have the "Sevillan Sour Orange" and a few other sour oranges

Re:A ternary plot of citrus geneology by s0rce on Thursday March 05, 2026 @09:59PM (#47270302)
I think the etrog is not a hybrid so it would overlap with the citron
Re:A ternary plot of citrus geneology by Fordec on Friday March 06, 2026 @01:24AM (#47271597)
Also appears to be missing Yuzu and Sudachi
Re:A ternary plot of citrus geneology by jsmith99 on Friday March 06, 2026 @03:37AM (#47272490)
I assume the esrog is the primeval citron but I've noticed that Jewish tradition (which rejects the use of hybrid citrons) allows some surprisingly different citrons in practice, popularly associated with Israel, Morocco, Yemen, Corfu etc. These differ considerably in eg rind thickness.