Editing Clementine (section)

==History==
[[File:Clementine del golfo di Taranto IGP.jpg|thumb|right|Italian cultivar, Clementine del golfo di Taranto]]
[[File:Fresque histoire de la clémentine Puisserguier Hérault France.jpg|alt=The Clementine Mural painting in Puisserguier France, representing Father Abram, founder of the Misserghin orphanage where the 1st citrus clementina was selected by brother Clement, a map of the different locations mentioned, and the citrus flowers, whole smooth fruit and some of its easy to peel separated sections.|thumb|Clementine Mural in [[Puisserguier]] France, celebrating Father Abram, founder of the [[Misserghin]] orphanage where the 1st citrus clementina was selected]]
The clementine is a spontaneous citrus [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] that arose in the late 19th century in [[Misserghin]], Algeria, in the garden of the orphanage of the French Missionary Brother [[Clément Rodier]], for whom it would be formally named in 1902.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Trabut |first=J. L. |year=1902 |title=L'hybridation des Citrus: une nouvelle tangérine "la Clémentine" |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49660436 |journal=Revue Horticole |volume=74 |pages=232–234}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bretó |first=M. P. |last2=Ruiz |first2=C. |last3=Pina |first3=J.A. |last4=Asíns |first4=M.J. |year=2001 |title=The Diversification of ''Citrus clementina'' Hort. ex Tan., a Vegetatively Propagated Crop Species |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=285–293 |doi=10.1006/mpev.2001.1008 |pmid=11697922}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Laszlo |first=Pierre |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780226470283 |title=Citrus: a history |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=2007 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780226470283/page/23 23–24] |url-access=registration}}</ref>  Some sources have attributed an earlier origin for the hybrid, pointing to similar fruit native to the provinces of [[Guangxi]] and [[Guangdong]] in present-day [[People's Republic of China|China]],<ref name="Saunt">{{Cite book |last=Saunt |first=James |title=Citrus Varieties of the World |date=January 1, 2000 |publisher=Sinclair International Business Resources |isbn=978-1-872960-01-2 |edition=2nd}} {{Page needed|date=March 2018}}</ref> but these are likely distinct mandarin hybrids,<ref name="smithsonian">{{Cite web |last=Nosowitz |first=Dan |date=23 February 2016 |title=Your Guide to Everyone's Favorite Winter Citrus: Clementines |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/winter-citrus-clementines-180958196 |access-date=15 March 2018 |website=smithsonianmag.com |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref> and genomic analysis of the clementine has shown it to have arisen from a cross between a sweet orange (''Citrus × sinensis'') and the Mediterranean willowleaf mandarin (''Citrus × deliciosa'').<ref name="Hybrid" /><ref name="genealogy" />

There are three types of clementines: seedless clementines, clementines (maximum of 10 seeds), and Monreal (more than 10 seeds). Clementines resemble other citrus varieties, such as the [[satsuma (fruit)|satsuma]] and [[tangerine]]s.<ref name="fruitinfo">{{Cite web |title=Clementines |url=https://www.fruitsinfo.com/clementines.htm |access-date=15 March 2018 |website=Fruits info.com}}</ref>