Melia (plant)

Melia
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]
Species

See text

Synonyms

Antelaea Gaertn.
Azedarach Mill.
Zederachia Heist. ex Fabr.[2]

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

  

  • Melia floribunda Carrière
  • Melia integerrima Buch.-Ham.
  • Melia simplicifolia Sessé & Moc.
  • Melia tomentosa Roxb.
  • Melia toosendan Siebold & Zucc.
  • Melia volkensii Gürke
List sources : [3][5][6][7]

Formerly placed here

References

  1. 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
  2. "Genus: Melia L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  3. 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.
  4. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 3 M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.
  5. "Query Results for Genus Melia". IPNI. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  6. "Melia". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  7. Invasive Plants Found in Asia
  8. "GRIN Species Records of Melia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

External links

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