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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Melioideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Melioideae

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  Melioideae Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 103. 9 Mar 1832.

Named members of the Subfamily Melioideae

1	Tribus  Melieae DC. pub. Prodr. 1: 619. mid Jan 1824.
	2    Genus  Melia L. pub. (1753) common name: melia

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.

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