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 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

List sources : ^[3][5][6][7]

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

1. ^ ^{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" 
2. ^ "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. 
3. ^ ^{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. 
4. ^ 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&. 
5. ^ "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. 
6. ^ "Melia". Flora of China. eFloras. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120129. 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. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7422. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 

External links

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

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