| Atalantia | |
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| Atalantia monophylla | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
| Genus: | Atalantia Corrêa, nom. cons. |
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| Atalantia monophylla DC. | |
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Atalantia is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, the Rutaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus is placed in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes the genus Citrus. It has been placed in the tribe Aurantieae and subtribe Citrinae, which are known as the citrus fruit trees. Atalantia and the genus Citropsis are also called near-citrus fruit trees.
Species
As of October 2024, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
- Atalantia acuminata C.C.Huang
- Atalantia buxifolia (Poir.) Oliv. ex Benth.
- Atalantia ceylanica (Arn.) Oliv.
- Atalantia citroides Pierre ex Guillaumin
- Atalantia dasycarpa C.C.Huang
- Atalantia fongkaica C.C.Huang
- Atalantia guillauminii Swingle
- Atalantia henryi (Swingle) C.C.Huang
- Atalantia kwangtungensis Merr.
- Atalantia lauterbachii (Swingle) Govaerts
- Atalantia linearis (Blanco) Merr.
- Atalantia macrophylla (Oliv.) Kurz
- Atalantia monophylla DC.
- Atalantia paniculata Warb.
- Atalantia racemosa Wight ex Hook.
- Atalantia retusa Merr.
- Atalantia rotundifolia (Thwaites) Yu.Tanaka
- Atalantia roxburghiana Hook.f.
- Atalantia sessiliflora Guillaumin
- Atalantia simplicifolia (Roxb.) Engl.
- Atalantia wightii Yu.Tanaka
Ecology
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Papilio polymnestor, the blue Mormon, a large swallowtail butterfly from South India and Sri Lanka can be found near Atalantia. Phyllocnistis citrella, the citrus leafminer, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae whose larvae are considered a serious agricultural pest on citrus species, such as Atalantia. Macaldenia palumba is a moth of the family Noctuidae whose larvae feed on Atalantia.
See also
References
- Corrêa da Serra, J.F. 1805: Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 6: 383, 385-386.
- ^ "Atalantia Corrêa". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ Swingle, W. T., rev. P. C. Reece. Chapter 3: The Botany of Citrus and its Wild Relatives. In: The Citrus Industry vol. 1. Webber, H. J. (ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. 1967.
- Yahata, M., et al. (2006). Production of sexual hybrid progenies for clarifying the phylogenic relationship between Citrus and Citropsis species. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 131(6), 764-69.
- Appelhans, Marc S.; Bayly, Michael J.; Heslewood, Margaret M.; Groppo, Milton; Verboom, G. Anthony; Forster, Paul I.; Kallunki, Jacquelyn A. & Duretto, Marco F. (2021). "A new subfamily classification of the Citrus family (Rutaceae) based on six nuclear and plastid markers". Taxon. 70 (5): 1035–1061. doi:10.1002/tax.12543. hdl:11343/288824.
- Citrus Variety Collection. College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University of California, Riverside.
External links
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