Abatia (syn. Raleighia Gardner) is a genus of about ten species of Central and South American trees in the family Salicaceae (following the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification). Previously, it was treated in the family Flacourtiaceae, or tribe Abatieae of the family Passifloraceae (Lemke 1988) or Samydaceae by G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker and Hutchinson.
Its native range stretches from Mexico to northern Argentina. It is also found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru.
Abatia has opposite leaves with very small stipules and marginal glands at the base of the blade of the leaf. The valvate (meeting at the edges without overlapping) perianth (sepal and petal together) members are closely joined at the base. They bear many filamentous processes.
The leaves of A. rugosa and A. parviflora are source of black dye in Peru.
The genus name of Abatia is in honour of Pedro Abad y Mestre (1747–1800), a Spanish apothecary and professor of botany in Seville, Spain.
It was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. Vol.78 on table 14 in 1794.
Known species
The following species are accepted by Plants of the World Online:
Abatia americana (Gardner) Eichler
Abatia angeliana M.H.Alford
Abatia canescens Sleumer
Abatia glabra Sleumer
Abatia mexicana Standl.
Abatia microphylla Taub.
Abatia parviflora Ruiz & Pav.
Abatia rugosa Ruiz & Pav.
Abatia spicata (Turcz.) Sleumer
Abatia stellata Lillo
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Other sources
Bernhard, A. 1999. Flower structure, development, and systematics in Passifloraceae and in Abatia (Flacourtiaceae). Int. J. Plant Sci. 160: 135–150, illus.
Sleumer, H.O.(1980). Flacourtiaceae.Flora Neotropica 22:55–57.
Lemke, D. E.(1988).A synopsis of Flacourtiaceae.Aliso 12:28-43.
Wikidata: Q2341769
Wikispecies: Abatia
BOLD: 437905
CoL: 6288Z
EoL: 8678050
FNA: 100010
GBIF (old): 7274083
GRIN: 7
iNaturalist: 273032
IPNI: 36081-1
IRMNG: 1297713
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