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Meliaceae (mahogany)

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Meliaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Meliaceae de Jussieu
1919Meliaceae Knowlton
1941Meliaceae MacGinitie
1961Meliaceae Chandler p. 203
2000Meliaceae Mabberley
2008Meliaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Meliaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Malvids
orderSapindales
familyMeliaceaede Jussieu 1789
familyMeliaceaede Jussieu 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Meliaceae de Jussieu 1789 [mahogany]
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G. Aglaia Loureiro 1790
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†Aglaia nepalensis Prasad et al. 1999
†Aglaia siwalica Prasad et al. 2017
G. †Aglaioxylon Trivedi and Srivastava 1982
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†Aglaioxylon mandlaense Trivedi and Srivastava 1982
G. Amoora Roxburgh 1819
G. †Amooroxylon Bande and Prakash 1984
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†Amooroxylon deccanensis Bande and Prakash 1984
G. Aphanamixis Blume
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†Aphanamixis bhikhnathoriensis Awasthi and Lakhanpal 1990
G. Azadirachta de Jussieu 1830
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Azadirachta indica de Jussieu 1832 [neem tree]
G. Beddomea Hooker
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†Beddomea palaeoindica Antal and Prasad 1998
G. Carapa Aublet 1775
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†Carapa eolignitica Berry 1916
†Carapa xylocarpoides Berry 1917
G. †Carapoxylon Maedel 1960
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†Carapoxylon fasciatum Maedel 1960
G. Cedrela Browne 1756
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†Cedrela eolancifolia MacGinitie 1941
†Cedrela odoratifolia Berry 1916
†Cedrela oregoniana Brown 1937
†Cedrela puryearensis Berry 1916
†Cedrela wilcoxiana Berry 1916
G. †Cedrelophyllum Deane 1902
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†Cedrelophyllum antiqua Deane 1902
G. Chisocheton Blume
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†Chisocheton ellipticus Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999
†Chisocheton suraikholaensis Prasad and Pandey 2008
G. †Chisochetonoxylon Ghosh and Roy 1979
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†Chisochetonoxylon bengalensis Ghosh and Roy 1979
G. Chloroxylon de Candolle 1824
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G. Chukrasia Jussieu 1830
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†Chukrasia miocenica Prasad 1994
G. †Dysoxydendron Trivedi and Misra 1979
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†Dysoxydendron kalagarhense Trivedi and Misra 1977
Invalid names: Dysoxylon Trivedi and Misra 1977 [replaced]
G. Dysoxylum Blume 1825
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†Dysoxylum mioklanderi Prasad 1994
†Dysoxylum raptiensis Prasad and Awasthi 1996
G. †Heyneoxylon Bande and Prakash 1980
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†Heyneoxylon intertrappeum Srivastava 1984
†Heyneoxylon tertiarum Bande and Prakash 1980
G. †Iugopollis Venkatachala and Rawat
G. Melia Linnaeus 1753
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Melia azadirachta Linnaeus 1753
Melia azedarach Linnaeus 1753
†Melia expulsa Cockerell 1908
G. †Meliaceaecarpum Menzel 1913
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G. †Meliaceaephyllum Varma 1968
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G. †Meliaceophyllum Kraeusel and Weyland 1959
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†Meliaceophyllum marcodurense Kraeusel and Weyland 1959
G. †Meliapollis Sah and Kar 1970
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†Meliapollis melioides Ramanujam 1966
†Meliapollis navalei Sah and Kar 1970
†Meliapollis quadrangularis Ramanujam 1966
†Meliapollis ramanujamii Sah and Kar 1970
†Meliapollis raoi Sah and Kar 1970
G. †Melicarya Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Melicarya variabilis Reid and Chandler 1933
G. †Paratrichilioxylon Koeniguer 1971
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†Paratrichilioxylon russelli Koeniguer 1971
G. Synoum Jussieu 1830
G. Toona Roemer 1846
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Toona australis Harms 1896
†Toona siwalica Awasthi and Lakhanpal 1990
†Toona sulcata Bowerbank 1840
G. Trichilia Browne 1758
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†Trichilia miocenica Prasad 1994
†Trichilia siwalica Prasad 2006
G. Vavaea Bentham 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (121 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Meliapollis sp. (150271)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) Aglaioxylon mandlaense, Heyneoxylon intertrappea (227809) Heyneoxylon tertiarum (227848 227853)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Maharashtra) Amooroxylon deccanensis (225724)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Venezuela (Anzoategui) Cedrela preodorata, Trichilia hirtaformis (31247)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0Colombia Meliaceae CJ2 (134515 134759)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Idaho) Cedrela pteraformis (35338)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Cupressinites sulcatus, Solenostrobus sulcatus (22811) Toona sulcata (21249)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene56.0 - 33.9Venezuela (Zulia) Cedrela jacksoniana (31274)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Cedrela lanceolata (24481)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina Cedrela mexicaniformis, Cedrela pichileufuana, Trichilia catignoides, Trichilia moritziformis (32201)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Cedrela trainii (21389)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Cedrela eolancifolia (23998)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Myanmar (Sagaing) Meliaceae indet. (227631)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) Iugopollis sp. (227665 227674 227780 227785 227802 227806) Meliaceae indet. (227632 227634 227646 227649 227661 227663 227666 227667 227672 227676 227697 227699 227709 227710 227714 227720 227721 227782 227788 227800 227801 227805) Meliaceae indet., Iugopollis sp. (227662 227781 227784 227787 227803)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3USA (Colorado) Cedrela lancifolia, Cedrela sp., Trichilia florissanti (39837) Cedrela lancifolia, Trichilia florissanti (39849) Cedrela sp. (39839) Trichilia florissanti (39851)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Cedrela lancifolia, Trichilia florissanti (24209)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Oregon) Cedrela merrillii (35221 35235 35236 35237 35238)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Dysoxylum sp. (169006 169007 169237)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Cedrela pteraformis (23972)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98USA (Montana) Cedrela pteraformis (23330)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04USA (Montana) Cedrela lancifolia (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Trichilia antecedene (112580)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63China (Yunnan) Chukrasia sp. (223826)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Cuba (Matanzas) Trichilia hirtaformis (32044)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Brazil (Bahia) Trichilia branneri (32009)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) Tetracolporites melioides, Tetracolporites quadrangularis (224618)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Nepal Chloroxylon palaeoswietenia, Aglaia nepalensis (222898)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Montana) Cedrela lancifolia, Cedrela pteraformis (23973)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Mexico (Vera Cruz) Cedrela miocenica (32066)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Trinidad and Tobago Trichilia prebakeri (31336)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58India (Himachal Pradesh) Trichilia siwalica (222792)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Nepal Toona siwalica, Chukrasia miocenica, Chisocheton suraikholaensis, Dysoxylum raptiensis (222975)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58India (Uttarakhand) Meliaceaephyllum mahogonites (222793)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Trinidad and Tobago Cedrela preodorata, Cedrela tertiaria (34145) Cedrela tertiaria, Trichilia hirtaformis (34148)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58India (Bihar) Toona siwalica, Aphanamixis bhikhnathoriensis (223029)
Miocene - Pleistocene23.04 - 0.0117Burundi Meliaceae indet. (191648)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Nevada) Cedrela trainii (27179 27701)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Toona bienensis, Chukrasia subtabularis (223803)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Bayern) Melia czeczottii (28282)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian18.5 - 12.5USA (California) Cedrela oregoniana (19206)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Cedrela trainii, Cedrela sp. (23401)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Aglaia clavata (167299)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Uttar Pradesh) Dysoxylon kalagarhense (227819)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bhutan Toona siwalica (223595)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Cedrela trainii (35412)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Uttarakhand) Aglaia siwalica (224499) Toona siwalica, Chukrasia miocenica, Dysoxylum mioklanderi (222797)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333India (West Bengal) Chisochetonoxylon bengalensis (227813)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Nepal Chisocheton ellipticus (223319)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Toona bienensis, Aphanamixis sp. (222695)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Cedrela sp. (22755)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Aglaia clavata (166744)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) Cedrela fissilis (53926)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774India (Arunachal Pradesh) Dysoxylum raptiensis (224427 224508)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Aglaia sp. (168891) Toona australis (168890 168893) Toona australis, Synoum spp. (168822 168888) Toona australis, Synoum spp., Melia sp. (168889) Vavaea sp. (168904)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Meliaceae indet. (228813 228815 228817 228822)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Meliaceae indet. (228761)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Meliaceae indet. (228809)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) Azadirachta indica (228785 228811 228812)
Calabrian - Holocene1.8 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Meliaceae indet. (22072)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Toona australis, Amoora sp. (168896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Meliaceae indet. (228784)