Abatia

Taxobox
name = "Abatia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Salicaceae
genus = "Abatia"
genus_authority = Ruiz & Pav.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Abatia" (syn. "Raleighia" Gardner) is a genus of about nine species of Central and South American trees in the willow 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.

"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 processes.

;UsesThe leaves of "Abatia rugosa" Ruiz & Pav. are source of black dye in Peru.

Species

*"Abatia americana" Eichl.
*"Abatia microphylla" Taub.
*"Abatia parviflora" Ruiz & Pav. - Smallflower Abatia. Costa Rica; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru.
*"Abatia rugosa" Ruiz & Pav.
*"Abatia tomentosa" Mart. ex Eichl.

References

* 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. [monographic revision of the genus]
* Lemke, D. E.(1988).A synopsis of Flacourtiaceae."Aliso" 12:28-43. [Tribe Abatieae transferred from Flacourtiaceae to Passifloraceae]