Swietenia

Translingual

Swietenia mahagoni fruit and leaves

Etymology

Named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1760 after Gerard van Swieten +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Swietenia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Meliaceae – the mahogany trees, native to the American tropics from Florida to Bolivia; true mahogany.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Sapindales - order; Meliaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Swietenia mahagoni - type species; Swietenia aubrevilleana, Swietenia humilis, Swietenia krukovii, Swietenia macrophylla - other accepted species

See also

Khaya (African mahogany)

References

Swietenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Swietenia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Swietenia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Swietenia at USDA Plants database
Swietenia on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Swietenia at the Catalogue of Life
Swietenia at Encyclopedia of Life
Swietenia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Swietenia at The Plant List

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