- Melia (plant)
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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]
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Selected species
- Melia arguta DC.
- Melia azedarach L. – Chinaberry, Persian Lilac, White Cedar
- Melia birmanica Kurz
- Melia bogoriensis Koord. & Valeton
- Melia dubia Cav.
- Melia elegans Seem.
- Melia floribunda Carrière
- Melia integerrima Buch.-Ham.
- Melia simplicifolia Sessé & Moc.
- Melia tomentosa Roxb.
- Melia toosendan Siebold & Zucc.
- Melia volkensii Gürke
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
- ^ a b Species Plantarum 1: 384-385. 1753. "Name - Melia L.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016385. Retrieved February 8, 2010. "Type Specimen: Melia azedarach"
- ^ "Genus: Melia L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7422. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ a b 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. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 3 M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 9780849326776. http://books.google.com/books?id=kaN-hLL-3qEC&.
- ^ "Query Results for Genus Melia". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_genus=Melia&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=spec&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ^ "Melia". Flora of China. eFloras. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120129. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ^ Invasive Plants Found in Asia
- ^ "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. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
External links
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