Melia (plant)

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Melia
Melia azedarach fruits.JPG
Melia azedarach
Scientific classification e
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]
Species

See text

Synonyms

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

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]

Selected species[]

  

  • Carrière
  • Buch.-Ham.
  • Sessé & Moc.
  • Roxb.
  • Siebold & Zucc.
  • Gürke
List sources :[3][6][7][8]

Formerly placed here[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b 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. ^ Jump up to: a b 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. ^ μελία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
  5. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 3 M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.
  6. ^ "Query Results for Genus Melia". IPNI. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  7. ^ "Melia". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  8. ^ Invasive Plants Found in Asia
  9. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Melia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

External links[]

Media related to Melia at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Melia at Wikispecies


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