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[ Swida ] [ Swietenia ] [ Swinglea ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Swietenia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Swietenia

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  Swietenioideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1989. Jan-Sep 1836.    Tribus  Swietenieae A. Juss. pub. Mem. Mus. Natl. Nat. Hist. 19: 248. 1830.    Genus  Swietenia Jacq. pub. (1760) common name: mahogany

Named members of the Genus Swietenia

1	Species  macrophylla King common name: Honduras mahogany
2	Species  mahagoni (L.) Jacq. common name: West Indian mahogany

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.