| 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.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Atalantia monophylla DC.
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| Species | |
Atalantia is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, the Rutaceae.[2][3]
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[update], 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
- ^ Corrêa da Serra, J.F. 1805: Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 6: 383, 385-386.
- ^ a b c 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. 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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