Atalaya (plant)

taxobox
name = "Atalaya"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Sapindaceae
genus = "Atalaya"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text|

"Atalaya" is a genus of 11 species of shrubs and trees in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. They are primarily Australian with two other species extending to tropical Africa and Malesia.

Most of the Australian representatives of Sapindaceae are rainforest trees, however "Atalaya" is found throughout Australia with the exception of Tasmania and Victoria, including sem-arid and arid zones of the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia

Species include:
*"Atalaya alata"
*"Atalaya capensis"
*"Atalaya natalensis"

References

* [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Atalaya PlantNet reference]