Atalantia is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, the Rutaceae.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.

Taxonomy The genus is placed in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes the genus Citrus. It has been placed in the tribe Aurantieae and subtribe Citrinae, which are known as the citrus fruit trees.Citrus Variety Collection. College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University of California, Riverside. Atalantia and the genus Citropsis are also called near-citrus fruit trees.

Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

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

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 List of Rutaceae genera

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