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Meliaceae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Juss. (1789). In: Gen. Pl.: 263, Nom. Cons.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Sapindales
family
Meliaceae

Name

Synonyms
Aitoniaceae
Cedrelaceae
Swieteniaceae
Homonyms
Meliaceae
Common names
Họ Xoan in Vietnamese
Mahagonigewächse in German
Mahogany in English
Mahognifamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
Mara yura rikch'aq ayllu in Quechua
Meliacoj in Esperanto
Meliekimilər in Azerbaijani
Melijiniai in Lithuanian
Melijowcowe rostliny in language.
Meliowate in Polish
Meliàcia in Catalan–Valencian
Meliàcies in Catalan–Valencian
Méliacées in French
Méliacées in French
Méliacées in French
Paternostertræ-familien in Danish
Spatrmeliace in language.
Tespihağacıgiller in Turkish
Zedrachgewächse in language.
Zedrachgewächse in language.
mahogany in English
mahogany family in language.
mahogany family in English
mahognyväxter in Swedish
mahonkikasvit in Finnish
meelialised in Estonian
meliovité in Slovak
zederachovité in Czech
Μελιίδες in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Махагонии in Macedonian
Мелиевые in Russian
Мелієві in Ukrainian
Մելիազգիներ in Armenian
אזדרכתיים in Hebrew
మెలియేసి in Telugu
ಮೆಲಿಯೇಸೀ in Kannada
กระท้อน สะเดา ฯลฯ in Thai
วงศ์กระท้อน in Thai
センダン科 in Japanese
楝科 in Chinese
멀구슬나무과 in Korean
mahognyväxter in Swedish
Zedrachgewächse in German
mahagonigewächse in German
mahogny in Norwegian
melijevke in Slovenian
melijiniai in Lithuanian
meliowate in Polish
miodlowate in Polish
tespih ağaçıgiller in Turkish

Bibliographic References

  1. (2023) Plants of the World Online
  2. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2009). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 161(2): 105-121. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Gen. Pl.: 263. 4 Aug 1789.
  5. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  6. Reveal, J. L. (2006). USDA - APHIS - Concordance of Family Names, 2006 version. Available online at http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/usda/usdaindex.html.
  7. as per included genera
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