Melia (plant)
| Melia | |
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| Melia azedarach | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Genus: | Melia L.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Melia azedarach L.[1] | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Antelaea Gaertn. | |
Melia is a genus of flowering trees in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.[3] The name is derived from μηλια, the Greek word Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC) used for Fraxinus ornus, which has similar leaves.[4]
Selected species
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Formerly placed here
- Azadirachta excelsa (Jack) M.Jacobs (as M. excelsa Jack)
- Azadirachta indica A.Juss. (as M. azadirachta L.)
- Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq. (as M. baccifera Roth)
- Dysoxylum parasiticum (Osbeck) Kosterm. (as M. parasitica Osbeck)
- Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr. (as M. koetjape Burm.f.)[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Species Plantarum 1: 384-385. 1753. "Name - Melia L.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
Type Specimen: Melia azedarach
- ↑ "Genus: Melia L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Elizabeth McClintock, Jepson Herbarium (1993). "Jepson Manuel treatment for MELIA". Jepson Flora Project. Berkeley, California: Regents of the University of California. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 3 M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.
- ↑ "Query Results for Genus Melia". IPNI. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ↑ "Melia". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ↑ Invasive Plants Found in Asia
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Melia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
External links
Media related to Melia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Melia at Wikispecies