Citrus × aurantiifolia est species hybrida arborum fructiferarum quae ad genus citrorum pertinet. Nomen C. aurantifolia (sic) pro specie proposuit Gualterus Tennyson Swingle anno 1913[1] post Christmann, qui anno 1777Limonia aurantifolia appellaverat. Haec species una cum aliis sub nomine communi Latino "Lumia" comprehenditur; separatim 'limonellus a Rumphio appellatur.
Georgius Everhardus Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense (Amstelaedami: Chanquion, 1741-1750) vol. 2 p. 107 ("Limonellus") et tab. 29; cf. E. D. Merrill, An Interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium Amboinense. Manilae: Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, 1917 p. 296
Botanica et genetica
H. C. Barrett, A. M. Rhodes, "A Numerical Taxonomic Study of Affinity Relationships in Cultivated Citrus and Its Close Relatives" in Systematic Botany vol. 1 (1976) pp. 105-136 (Anglice)JSTOR
Robert Willard Hodgson, "Horticultural Varieties of Citrus: Common Acid Members—Citron, Lemon, and Lime" in Walter Reuther, Herbert John Webber, Leon Dexter Batchelor, edd., The Citrus Industry, vol. 1: History, World Distribution, Botany, and Varieties (2a ed. Riverside: University of California, Division of Agricultural Sciences, 1967 ~) cap. 4
"Mexican Lime" in Julia F. Morton, Fruits of warm climates (Miamiae, 1987) pp. 168-172
Tong Kwee Lim, Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. Vol. 4: Fruits (Berolini: Springer, 2012) pp. 742-755 (Anglice) (Paginae selectae apud Google Books)
De usu
Giovanni Dugo, Luigi Mondello, edd., Citrus Oils (CRC Press, 2010) pp. 29-48 (Paginae selectae apud Google Books)