Melia
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Melia

China tree
Pride of India
china-berry

Hierarchical position of the Genus Melia

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Rutanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 311. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Rutales Perleb
pub. Lehrb. Naturgesch. Pflanzenr.: 324. Sep-Oct 1826.
  
   Familia  Meliaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 263. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Mahoganys
  
   Subfamilia  Melioideae Arn.
pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 103. 9 Mar 1832.
  
   Tribus  Melieae DC.
pub. Prodr. 1: 619. mid Jan 1824.
  
   Genus  Melia L.
pub. (1753)
common name: melia
  

Named members of the Genus Melia

1
   Species  azadirachta L.
syn. Azadirachta indica
2
   Species  azedarach L.
common name: China tree, China-berry, Pride of India
  
 
3
   Varietas  umbraculifera Knox
syn. Melia azedarach

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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