Melia (plant)
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of trees
| Melia | |
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| Melia azedarach | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melioideae |
| Genus: | Melia L.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Melia azedarach L.[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Melia is a genus of flowering trees in the family Meliaceae.[3] The name is derived from μελία, the Greek name used by Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC) for Fraxinus ornus,[4] which has similar leaves.[5]
Species
As of March 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted three species:[2]
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.)[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Species Plantarum 1: 384-385. 1753. "Name: Melia L.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016385. "Type Specimen: Melia azedarach"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Melia L..". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327507-2.
- ↑ Elizabeth McClintock, Jepson Herbarium (1993). "Jepson Manuel treatment for MELIA". Jepson Flora Project. Berkeley, California: Regents of the University of California. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5151,5152.
- ↑ μελία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
- ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 3 M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=kaN-hLL-3qEC&.
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Melia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7422.
External links
- "Melia L.". Atlas of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2913292.
Wikidata ☰ Q2703639 entry
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