Atalantia
Genus of flowering plants
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Atalantia is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, the Rutaceae.[3][4]
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| Atalantia | |
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| Atalantia monophylla | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
| Genus: | Atalantia Corrêa, nom. cons.[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Atalantia monophylla DC. | |
| Species | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Taxonomy
The genus is placed in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes the genus Citrus.[5] It has been placed in the tribe Aurantieae and subtribe Citrinae, which are known as the citrus fruit trees.[3][6] Atalantia and the genus Citropsis are also called near-citrus fruit trees.[3]
Species
As of October 2024[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[2]
- 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
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.
