Key lime vs Sour orange

Citrus aurantiifolia compared with Citrus aurantium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Key lime	Sour orange
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family same	Rutaceae	Rutaceae
Genus same	Citrus	Citrus
Species	Citrus aurantiifolia	Citrus aurantium

Evolutionary Relationship

Key lime and Sour orange share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Citrus.

Conservation Status

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Sour orange

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Key lime	Sour orange
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Key lime

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

Sour orange

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 21 countries:

🇦🇴 Angola 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇮🇳 India 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇵🇼 Palau 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States 🇾🇪 Yemen