Atalantia

<i>Atalantia</i>

Atalantia

Genus of flowering plants

Atalantia is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, the Rutaceae.[2][3]

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Taxonomy

The genus is placed in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes the genus Citrus.[4] It has been placed in the tribe Aurantieae and subtribe Citrinae, which are known as the citrus fruit trees.[2][5] Atalantia and the genus Citropsis are also called near-citrus fruit trees.[2]

Species

As of September 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

  • Atalantia acuminata C.C.Huang
  • Atalantia armata (Thwaites) Guillaumin
  • 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 stenocarpa Drake
  • 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.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Corrêa da Serra, J.F. 1805: Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 6: 383, 385-386.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    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. doi:10.1002/tax.12543. hdl:11343/288824.
  5. [5]
    Citrus Variety Collection. College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University of California, Riverside.


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