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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)
271.2102 Genus Melia L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 384 (1753)
Distribution: Tropical Asia (1), tropical Africa (1)
Species listed in database: 2
= Antelaea Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 277. I. 68 (1788)
= Antelaea Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 277 (1788)
= Azedara Raf.; Fl. Ludov. 135 (1817)
= Azedarac Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 342 (1763)
= Azedarach Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: s. p. (1754)
= Zederachia Heist. ex Fabr.; Enum. [Fabricius] 221 (1759)
species :
Melia azedarach L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 384 (1753)
Name: Persian Lilac, China berry, Hog bush, Pride of India, Chinaberrytree (EN); Paternosterbaum (DE); Arbol del paraiso (ES)
Distribution: Portugal [I]; Spain [I]; France [I]; Monaco [c]; Italy [I]; Sicily [I]; Malta [I]; Slovenia [I]; Croatia [I]; Montenegro [I]; Greece [I]; Crete [I]; European Russia [I]; Morocco [c]; Algeria [c]; Tunisia [c]; Libya [c]; Canary Isl. [I] (Gran Canaria [I], Tenerife [I], Hierro [I], La Palma [I]); Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Santo Antao Isl. [I], Sao Vicente Isl. [I], Ilha de Sao Nicolau [I], Sal Isl. [I], Ilha da Boa Vista [I], Ilha de Sao Tiago [I], Fogo Isl. [I]); Gambia [I]; Guinea [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Togo [I]; Benin [I]; Cameroon [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Principe Isl. [I]; São Tomé [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Chad [c]; Sudan [I]; Angola [I]; Zambia [I]; Zimbabwe [I]; Mozambique [I]; Namibia [I]; Botswana [I]; South Africa [I] (widespread); Lesotho [I]; Eswatini [Swaziland] [I]; Ascension Isl. [I]; St. Helena [I]; Madagascar [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Seychelles [I]; Turkmenistan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Azerbaijan [I]; East Aegaean Isl. [I] (Rhodos [I]); Turkey [I]; Iran [I]; Afghanistan [I]; Cyprus [I]; Israel [I]; Jordania [I]; China (Anhui, Fujian, S-Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, S-Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, S-Shaanxi, Shandong, S-Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); SE-Tibet; South Korea [I]; Japan [I]; Bonin Isl. (Chichijima, Nakohdojima, Anijima, Otohtojima, Hahajima, Mukohjima, Imohtojima); Volcano Isl. (Kita-Iwojima, Iwojima, Minami-Iwojima); Taiwan; Pakistan [I]; Nepal; Bhutan; India (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar (Bago, Chin, Kachin, Magway, Sagaing, Shan, Yangon, Mon, Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Sumatra; Sulawesi; Philippines (Luzon, Negros, Mindanao); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Flores, Timor, Wetar); Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia [I], Victoria [I], Queensland, New South Wales); Norfolk Isl. [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Tonga [I] (´Eua [I], Vava´u [I]); Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; [Western] Samoa [I] (´Upolu [I]); Nauru [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I], Aitutaki [I], Atiu [I], Mauke [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], HIva Oa [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I], Tahaa [I]); Gambier Isl. [I] (Mangareva [I]); Austral Isl. [I] (Rurutu [I]); Pitcairn Isl. [I]; Easter Isl. [I]; Palau [I]; Northern Marianas [I] (Saipan [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Yap [I], Ulithi [I], Truk [I], Pohnpei [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Jaluit [I]); Hawaii [I] (Niihau [I], Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], Arizona [I], California [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Louisiana [I], Missouri [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], New Mexico [I], New York [I], Oklahoma [I], South Carolina [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Utah [I], Virginia [I]); Mexico [I]; Belize [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Bahamas [I]; Turks & Caicos Isl. [I]; Cayman Isl. [I]; Jamaica [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Haiti [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Navassa Isl. [c]; St. Martin/St. Maarten [I]; St. Barthélémy [I]; Saba [I]; St. Eustatius [I]; St. Kitts [I]; Antigua [I]; Barbuda [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Barbados [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Ecuador [I]; Galapagos [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]; Paraguay [I]; Uruguay [I]; Argentina [I]
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Synonyms: hidden
= Azedara speciosa Raf.; Fl. Ludov. 135 (1817), nom. superfl.
= Azedarach commelinii Medik.; Bot. Beob. 1782 [Medikus] 164 (1783)
= Azedarach deleteria Medik.; Malvenfam. 115 (1787)
= Azedarach fraxinifolia Moench; Suppl. Meth. [Moench] 58 (1802)
= Azedarach odoratum Noronha; Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(4): 5 (1790), nomen
= Azedarach sempervirens (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 109 (1801)
= Azedarach sempervirens (L.) Otto & A.Dietr.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 1: 256 (1833), isonym
= Azedarach sempervirens f. incisodentata Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 109 (1891)
= Azedarach sempervirens f. longifoliola Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 109 (1891)
= Azedarach sempervirens f. subdentata Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 109 (1891)
= Azedarach sempervirens var. australasica (A.Juss.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. (1891)
= Azedarach sempervirens var. dubia (Cav.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 109 (1891)
= Azedarach sempervirens var. glabrior (C.DC.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 109 (1891), nom. inval.
= Azedarach vulgaris M.Gómez; Rep. Méd.-Farm. Havana 5: 296 (1894), nom. superfl.
= Melia aethiopica Welw.; Apont. 584 (1859)
= Melia angustifolia Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 214 (1827)
= Melia argentea Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 1254 C (1829), nom. inval.
= Melia arguta DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 622 (1824)
= Melia australasica A.Juss.; Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 23: 239 (1830)
= Melia australis Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2: 85 (1830), nomen
= Melia azedarach f. albiflora Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 34 (1914)
= Melia azedarach f. umbraculifera (G.W.Knox) Rehder; Bibl. Cult. Trees 387 (1949)
= Melia azedarach var. acuminatissima Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 5 (1868)
= Melia azedarach var. australasica (A.Juss.) C.DC.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 1: 452 (1878)
= Melia azedarach var. biglandulosa (Pierre) Pellegr.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 1: 727 (1911)
= Melia azedarach var. cochinchinensis (Pierre) Pellegr.; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 1: 727 (1911)
= Melia azedarach var. floribunda (Carrière) É.Morren; Belgique Hort. 30: 176 (1880)
= Melia azedarach var. glabrior C.DC.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 1: 452 (1878), nom. inval.
= Melia azedarach var. glandulosa Pierre; Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 5: t. 356B (1897)
= Melia azedarach var. incisa Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 5 (1868)
= Melia azedarach var. intermedia (Makino) Makino; J. Jap. Bot. 5: 20 (1928)
= Melia azedarach var. japonica (G.Don) Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 34 (1914)
= Melia azedarach var. javanica Koord. & Valeton; Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java 3: 12 (1896)
= Melia azedarach var. sambucina (Blume) Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 5 (1868)
= Melia azedarach var. sempervirens L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 384 (1753)
= Melia azedarach var. squamulosa C.DC.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 1: 452 (1878)
= Melia azedarach var. subtripinnata Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 24 (1867)
= Melia azedarach var. toosendan (Siebold & Zucc.) Makino; J. Jap. Bot. 5(5): 20 (1928)
= Melia azedarach var. umbraculifera G.W.Knox; Gard. Monthly & Hort. 27: 260 (1885)
= Melia azedarach var. umbraculiformis Berck. & L.H.Bailey; Cycl. Amer. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 2: 1001 (1900)
= Melia birmanica Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43: 183 (1874)
= Melia bogoriensis Koord. & Valeton; Meded. Lands Plantentuin 16: 18 (1898)
= Melia bombolo Welw.; Apont. 561 (1859)
= Melia bukayun Royle; Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 144 (1835), nomen
= Melia candollei A.Juss.; Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 23: 239 (1830)
= Melia chinensis Siebold ex Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 23 (1867)
= Melia cochinchinensis M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 95 (1846)
= Melia commelini Medik. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 118 (1841), nomen
= Melia composita Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 1: 380 (1863)
= Melia composita var. biglandulosa Pierre; Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 5: t. 356B (1897)
= Melia composita var. cochinchinensis Pierre; Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 5: t. 356A (1897)
= Melia composita Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 2: 559 (1799)
= Melia dubia Cav.; Diss. 7, Septima Diss. Bot.: 364 (1789)
= Melia flaccida Zipp. ex Span.; Linnaea 15: 182 (1841), nom. inval.
= Melia floribunda Carrière; Rev. Hort. (Paris) 44: 470 (1872)
= Melia florida Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 317 (1796) (nom. superfl.)
= Melia guineensis G.Don; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 168 (1830)
= Melia japonica G.Don; Gen. Hist. 1: 680 (1831)
= Melia japonica var. albicans C.DC.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 1: 457 (1878)
= Melia japonica var. semperflorens Makino; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 18: 67 (1904)
= Melia javanica M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 96 (1846)
= Melia orientalis M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 95 (1846)
= Melia robusta Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 33 (1814) nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 397 (1832)
= Melia robusta Roxb. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 1: 680 (1831), descr.
= Melia sambucina Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 162 (1826)
= Melia sempervirens (L.) Sw.; Prodr. [O.P.Swartz] 67 (1788)
= Melia superba Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 33 (1814) nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 396 (1832)
= Melia toosendan Siebold & Zucc.; Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 159 (1843)
species :
Melia volkensii Gürke; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C 231 (1895)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; SW-Somalia; Kenya; NE-Tanzania
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN
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