Meliaceae
Meliaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. 263. 1789. nom. cons. 'Mahogany Family'
Characteristic Features:
Usually trees with sweet-smelling bark
Leaves spirally arranged, odd-pinnate, leaf bases swollen and elongated
Flower buds longer than broad, petals much longer than sepals
Staminal tube often present and its mouth is blocked by stigma
Diversity:
World- 52 genera 669 species (The Plant List 2013); 53 genera, 600 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 51 genera, 700 species (Mabberely 2017); 52 genera, 748 species (Roskov et al. 2021)
India - 23 genera 97 species (Karthikeyan2000); 23 genera, 76 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 13 genera, 27 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 6 genera 9 species (Uniyal et al. 2007, Pusalkar & Srivastava 2018)
General Characters:
Meliaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Meliaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Rosanae, Order-Sapindales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Disciflorae
Orders : Geraniales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Geraniales
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Meliales
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Sapindales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Maividae
Super Order: Rutanae
Order : Rutales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Rutanae
Order : Rutales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Myrtanae
Order : Sapindales
Suborder : Rutineae
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superrosids
Clade : Rosids
Clade : Malvids
Order : Sapindales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Malvanae
Order : Sapindales
Suborder : Sapindineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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~~~Wild Flora~~~
Azadirachta indica A.Juss.
Toona ciliata M.Roem.
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