Melia Linnaeus 1753 (mahogany)

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Meliaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Meliaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Dana 1851, Kershaw et al. 2007 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Aglaia, Aglaioxylon, Amoora, Amooroxylon, Aphanamixis, Azadirachta, Beddomea, Carapa, Carapoxylon, Cedrela, Cedrelophyllum, Chisocheton, Chisochetonoxylon, Chloroxylon, Chukrasia, Dysoxydendron, Dysoxylum, Heyneoxylon, Iugopollis, Meliaceaecarpum, Meliaceaephyllum, Meliaceophyllum, Meliapollis, Melicarya, Paratrichilioxylon, Synoum, Toona, Trichilia, Vavaea

Subtaxa: Melia expulsa

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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