Atalantia

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

Atalantia
Atalantia monophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Rutaceae
Subfamily:
Aurantioideae
Tribe:
Citreae
Subtribe:
Citrinae
Genus:
Atalantia

Corrêa (1805), nom. cons.[1]
Type species
Atalantia monophylla
DC.
Species
  • Atalantia acuminata
  • Atalantia ceylanica
  • Atalantia citroides
  • Atalantia dasycarpa
  • Atalantia fongkaica
  • Atalantia guillauminii
  • Atalantia hainanensis
  • Atalantia henryi
  • Atalantia kwangtungensis
  • Atalantia macrophylla
  • Atalantia monophylla
  • Atalantia racemosa
  • Atalantia rotundifolia
  • Atalantia roxburghiana
  • Atalantia simplicifolia
  • Atalantia wightii

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

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.

The 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia records Atalantia glauca, common names " Native Kumquat," " Desert Lemon." The fruit is globular, and about half-an-inch in diameter. It produces an agreeable beverage from its acid juice.[5]

See also

References
  1. Corrêa da Serra, J.F. 1805: Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 6: 383, 385-386.
  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. 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. Citrus Variety Collection. College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University of California, Riverside.
  5. J. H. Maiden (1889). The useful native plants of Australia : Including Tasmania. Turner and Henderson, Sydney.


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