Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
4. living organisms (entities)
5. Eukaryota (domain)
6. Plantae (kingdom)
7. Angiospermae (division)
8. Magnoliopsida (class)
9. Rosanae (superorder)
10. Sapindales (order)
11. Rutaceae (family)
12. Citrus (genus)

Anotations

Scope note:

Species of small, thorny tree or spreading bush producing an edible fruit; the acidic fruit that is botanically a many-seeded pale yellow oblong berry. Its young leaves have a decidedly reddish tint; later they turn green. In some varieties, the young branches of the lemon are angular; some have sharp thorns at the axils of the leaves. The large flowers have a sweet odor. Reddish-tinted in the bud, the petals are white above and reddish purple below.