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Atalantia

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

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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, 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
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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.

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References

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