Overview
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A Suborder in the Kingdom Plantae.
Taxonomy
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The Suborder Meliineae is a member of the Order Sapindales. Here is the complete "parentage" of Meliineae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Rosidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Rutanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Sapindales
Dumortier, 1829
- Suborder: Meliineae
- Order: Sapindales
Dumortier, 1829
- Superorder: Rutanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass: Rosidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Suborder Meliineae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (1): Meliaceae
Families
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Meliaceae
The Meliaceae, or the Mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs (and a few herbaceous plants, mangroves) in the order Sapindales. [more]
At least 3,382 species and subspecies belong to the Family Meliaceae.
More info about the Family Meliaceae may be found here.
Sources
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