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