Atalantia

Atalantia
Atalantia monophylla
Scientific classification Edit this 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

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Dumula Lour. ex Gomes
  • Gonocitrus Kurz
  • Helie M.Roem.
  • Malnaregam Adans.
  • Malnerega Raf.
  • Phantis L. ex Adans.
  • Rissoa Arn.
  • Sclerostylis Blume
  • Severinia Ten.

Atalantia is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, the Rutaceae.[3][4]

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, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[2]

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. ^ Corrêa da Serra, J.F. 1805: Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 6: 383, 385-386.
  2. ^ a b c "Atalantia Corrêa". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Citrus Variety Collection. College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University of California, Riverside.


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