Bizzaria

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Bizzaria

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Citrus
Species:	C. medica & C. aurantium

For other uses, see Bizarre (disambiguation).

The Bizzaria of Florence, which is probably the first plant chimera obtained, is a graft between the florentine citron and sour orange. It gives branches from regular Florentine Citron including such leaves, and from the other side branches of sour orange. The most interesting part of it is the middle shoot which is a confusion of both, and its fruit is also half ways citron and half ways orange.

This is not like a regular hybrid which is due to plant sexuality, and it offspring is intermediate showing characters of both parents. But, the Florentine Bizzaria how it is called after its origin, shows an amazing fruit which has both characteristics clearly lined up one behind and nearby the other.

The Bizzaria was discovered by Pietro Natti at the Villa named Torre degli Agli, which belonged to the wealthy Panciatichi banking family. The Bizzaria was thought to be lost when it was rediscovered in year 1970's by Paulo Galleoti the head gardener of the Villa di Castello & The Boboli Gardens in Florence.

The plant's name has a number of different spellings, e.g. Bizaria^[1], Bizzarria^[2], Bizarria^[3], and even Bizarre^[4].