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271.0000 Family Meliaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 263 (1789), nom. cons.
50 genera, ca. 750 spp. Phylogeny following Cole (2020)
Species listed in database: 775; hybrids: 2
= Cedrelaceae R.Br.; Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 595, 596 (1814)
271.1011 Genus Swietenia Jacq.; Enum. Syst. Pl. 4 (1760)
Distribution: tropical America
Species listed in database: 3; hybrids: 1
= Mahagoni Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 343 (1763)
= Roia Scop.; Intr. Hist. Nat. 226 (1777)
species :
Swietenia humilis Zucc.; Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 2: 1831 (1836) 355, t. 7
Distribution: Taiwan [I]; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica
38 tai 79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Swietenia bijuga P.Preuss; Exped. C.-Sudamer. 1899-1900: 112, 408 (1901)
= Swietenia cirrhata S.F.Blake; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 10: 292, fig. 2 (1920)
= Swietenia multijuga Schiede; Linnaea 4: 578 (1829)
species :
Swietenia macrophylla G.King; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 16: (1886) t. 1550
Name: Amerikanisches Mahagoni; Caoba de Honduras (Cuba), Caoba hondurena (Dominican Republic), Central American mahogany, Honduras mahogany, Mahogani du Honduras, Mahogani-grandes feuilles (Lesser Antilles), Caoba de Honduras, Caoba de Venezuela, Caoba hondurena (Puerto Rico), Honduras mahogany (Virgin Isl.)
Distribution: Taiwan [c]; India [c]; Sri Lanka [c]; Bangladesh [c]; Andaman Isl. [c]; Nicobar Isl. [c]; Myanmar [c]; Cambodia [c]; Vietnam [c]; peninsular Malaysia [c]; Singapore [c]; Borneo [c]; Philippines [c]; Java [c]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [c] (Bali [c]); Solomon Isl. [I]; New Caledonia [c]; Vanuatu [c]; Rotuma Isl. [c]; Niue [c]; Fiji [c]; Palau [c] (Koror [c]); Guam [c]; Fed. States of Micronesia [c] (Truk [c], Moen [c], Pohnpei [c]); Hawaii [c] (Oahu [c], West Maui [c]); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba [c]; Cayman Isl. [c]; Jamaica [c]; Hispaniola [c]; Puerto Rico [c]; Virgin Isl. [c] (Guana [c], St. John [c], Tortola [c], Virgin Gorda [c]); Montserrat [c]; Guadeloupe [c]; Dominica [c]; Martinique [c]; St. Lucia [c]; St. Vincent [c]; Tobago [c]; Trinidad [c]; Colombia (Bolívar, Boyacá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena); Isla Margarita [c]; Venezuela (Aragua, Barinas, Carabobo, Cojedes, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Zulia); French Guiana; Galapagos [c]; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Acre)
38 tai 40 ban ind srl 41 and cbd mya ncb vie 42 bor jaw lsi mly phi sng 43 sol 60 fij nue nwc rot van 62 gum mic plu 63 haw 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 cay cub dom gdl his jam mar mts pue stl stv trt ven vir 82 CLM FRG VEN 83 BOL gal PER 84 BRA
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Swietenia belizensis Lundell; Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 6: 36 (1941)
= Swietenia candollei Pittier; J. Washington Acad. Sci. 10: 33 (1920)
= Swietenia krukovii Gleason; Amer. J. Bot. 23: 21 (1936)
= Swietenia macrophylla var. marabaensis Ledoux & Lobato; Estud. Forest. Estuar. Amaz. 15: 1 (1973)
= Swietenia tessmannii Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 180 (1927)
species :
Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.; Enum. Syst. Pl. 20 (1760)
Name: West Indian mahogany; Madeira, Mahogany (Bahamas), Caoba, Caoba amarilla, Caobilla (Cuba), Caoba, Caobo (Dominican Republic), Acajou, Acajou de St. Domingue, Acajou a planches, Cajou, Cajou a planches (Haiti), West Indian mahogany (Jamaica), Mahogani de Saint-Dominique, Mahogani petites feuilles, Mahogany, West Indian mahogany (Lesser Antilles), Caoba, Caoba dominicana (Puerto Rico), Mahogany (Virgin Isl.)
Distribution: Mozambique [c]; St. Helena [c]; Mauritius [c]; La Réunion [c]; China [c] (Fujian [c], Guangdong [c], Guangxi [c], Hainan [c], Yunnan [c]); Taiwan [c]; India [c]; Sri Lanka [c]; Bangladesh [c]; Andaman Isl. [c]; Nicobar Isl. [c]; Myanmar [c]; Laos [c]; Vietnam [c]; Philippines [c]; Java [c]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [c] (Bali [c]); Lesser Sunda Isl. [c] (Flores [c], Sumbawa [c]); New Guinea [c]; Fiji [c]; Palau [c] (Koror [c]); Guam [c]; Fed. States of Micronesia [c] (Yap [c], Pohnpei [c]); USA (Florida); Honduras [c]; Bahamas; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico [c]; Virgin Isl. [c] (St. Croix [c]); Anguilla [c]; St. Barthélémy [c]; Saba [c]; St. Eustatius [c]; Antigua [c]; Barbuda [c]; Montserrat [c]; Guadeloupe [c]; Dominica [c]; Martinique [c]; St. Lucia [c]; St. Vincent [c]; Grenada [c]; Barbados [c]; Tobago [c]; Trinidad [c]; Isla Margarita [c]; Venezuela [c]; Peru [c]; N-Brazil [c] (Pará [c])
26 moz 28 sth 29 mau reu 36 chi 38 tai 40 ban ind srl 41 and lao mya ncb vie 42 jaw lsi nwg phi 60 fij 62 gum mic plu 78 USA 80 hon 81 aba agu BAH bbd CAY CUB dom gdl gre HIS JAM mar mts pue sab sba ste stl stv trt ven vir 82 ven 83 per 84 bra
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Cedrela mahagoni L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 10: 940 (1759)
= Cedrus mahogani (L.) Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 2 (1759)
= Swietenia acutifolia Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 479 (1812)
= Swietenia fabrilis Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 317 (1796)
= Swietenia mahagoni (L.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 625 (1824)
= Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3(2): 678 (1792)
= Swietenia mahagoni var. praecociflora Hemsl.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 28: t. 2786 (1905)
species :
Swietenia ×aubrevilleana Stehlé & Cusin; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 1956-57: 44 (1958)
Name: Caoba Santa Cruz (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Cuba [c]; Puerto Rico [c]; Virgin Isl. [c] (St. Croix [c], St. John [c], St. Thomas [c]); Guadeloupe [c]; Martinique [c]
81 cub gdl mar pue vir
Remarks: S. mahagoni x macrophylla
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