Madhuca
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Madhuca

mahua
moa tree

Hierarchical position of the Genus Madhuca

   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  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Primulanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 71. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Ordo  Styracales Bisch.
pub. Lehrb. Bot. 2(2): 655. 1839.
  
   Subordo  Sapotineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 169. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Sapotaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 151. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Sapodillas
  
   Genus  Madhuca Ham. ex J.F.Gmel.
common name: madhuca, butter tree
  

Named members of the Genus Madhuca

1
   Species  butyracea (Roxb.) J. F. Macbr.
syn. Aesandra butyracea
2
   Species  indica J. F. Gmelin
common name: moa tree
3
   Species  latifolia (Roxb.) J. F. Macbr.
syn. Madhuca indica
4
   Species  longifolia (J. Konig) J. F. Macbr.
common name: mahua

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

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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