The Parent order is - Myrtales
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Woody Family Meliaceae

Data on a chosen woody family known under an order

Common Names - Mahogany FamilySynonyms -
Authority - Juss.Total Number of genera - 51
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - AngiospermTotal Number of species - 1400
Plant forms - mostly trees and shrubs (and a few herbaceous plan
World Distribution - Tropical and a few subtropical. P antropical distribution;
Comments - Listed also in lit. in Sapindales, Rutales. Trees and rarely shrubs


Woody Genera of Meliaceae

Each link leads to more information on the chosen botanical families

1 - Aglaia.
2 - Amoora.
3 - Anthocarapa.
4 - Aphanamixis.
5 - Astrotrichilia.
6 - Azadirachta.
7 - Cabralea.
8 - Carapa.
9 - Cedrela.
10 - Cedrelopsis.
11 - Chickrassia.
12 - Chisocheton.
13 - Chukrasia.
14 - Cipadessa.
15 - Didymocheton.
16 - Dysoxylum.
17 - Ekebergia.
18 - Entandrophragma.
19 - Guarea.
20 - Hernia.
21 - Heynea.
22 - Khaya.
23 - Lansium.
24 - Lepidotrichilia.
25 - Leplaea.
26 - Lovoa.
27 - Melia.
28 - Neobeguea.
29 - Owenia.
30 - Pachyanthus.
31 - Pseudobersama.
32 - Pseudocarapa.
33 - Pseudocedrela.
34 - Ptaeroxylon.
35 - Quivisia.
36 - Quivisianthe.
37 - Reinwardtiodendron.
38 - Ruagea.
39 - Sandoricum.
40 - Soymida.
41 - Swietenia.
42 - Synoum.
43 - Toona.
44 - Trichilia.
45 - Turraea.
46 - Turraeanthus.
47 - Valvea.
48 - Vavaea.
49 - Walsura.
50 - Xylocarpus.



End of Listing Woody Families of Meliaceae