Meliaceae Juss.
Melia L.
, legitimate, scientific
[Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1]:
384
[tax. nov.]
[Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5]:
182
[secondary reference]
[Aiton, W.T. (1811), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 3]:
39
[secondary reference]
[Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1]:
380
[secondary reference]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
9
[secondary reference]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
16
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
86
[secondary reference]
[Britton, N.L. (1918), Flora of Bermuda]:
204
[secondary reference]
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Lectotype:
Melia azedarach L.
[Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains]:
322
[secondary reference]
[Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants]:
814
[secondary reference]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
145
[secondary reference]
[Reynolds, S.T. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Meliaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1]:
477
[secondary reference]
[Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Meliaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1]:
476
[secondary reference]
[Taylor, M.J. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Meliaceae. Flora of New South Wales 2]:
279
[secondary reference]
[Koch, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Meliaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region]:
663
[secondary reference]
[Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Meliaceae. Flora of Australia 50]:
298
[secondary reference]
[Taylor, M.J. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Meliaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2]:
328
[secondary reference]
[Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest]:
292
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Azedarach Mill.
legitimate
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APC Dist.:
WA (native and naturalised), ChI (native and naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA (doubtfully naturalised), Qld, NSW (native and naturalised), NI, Vic (naturalised)
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
534
[secondary reference]
[Mabberley, D.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Meliaceae. Flora of Australia 26]:
11
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Azedarach Mill.
legitimate
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Etymology:
"from the Greek melia, referring to manna ash (Fraxinus ornus L., Oleaceae), which has leaves similar to those of Axadirachta indica A.Juss. (=Melia axadirachta L.)"