Melia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Melioideae
Tribus: Melieae
Genus: Melia
Species: M. azedarach – M. volkensii
Name

Melia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 384. 1753.
Type species: Melia azedarach L.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Azedarac Adans., Fam. 2: 342. 1763, nom. illeg.
Azedarach Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr, ed. 4. 1754, nom. illeg.
Zederachia Heist. ex Fabr., Enum. 221. 1759, nom. illeg.

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 384.
The Plant List 2013. Melia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 02 10.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Melia.

Vernacular names
български: Мелия
suomi: Meeliat
日本語: センダン属
ქართული: მელია

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

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][6][7][8]

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.)[9]

References

Species Plantarum 1: 384-385. 1753. "Name: Melia L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 8, 2010. "Type Specimen: Melia azedarach"
"Genus: Melia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
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.
μελία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 3 M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1650. ISBN 978-0-8493-2677-6.
"Query Results for Genus Melia". IPNI. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
"Melia". Flora of China. eFloras. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
Invasive Plants Found in Asia
"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.