Overview
Once the most valuable furniture and cabinet wood in the world due to its beauty and hardness , mahogany is now a threatened species. Commercial over-exploitation took its tool.
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Mahogany Tree
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- 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:
Rutales
()
- Perleb, 1826
- Suborder:
Meliineae
()
- Family:
Meliaceae
()
- A.l. De Jussieu, 1789, Nom. Cons.
- Subfamily:
Swietenioideae
()
- Tribe:
Swietenieae
()
- Genus:
Swietenia
()
- N.J. Jacquin, 1760
- Specific epithet:
mahogoni
- Lam.
- Botanical name: - Swietenia mahogoni Lam.
- Specific epithet:
mahogoni
- Lam.
- Genus:
Swietenia
(
- Tribe:
Swietenieae
(
- Subfamily:
Swietenioideae
(
- Family:
Meliaceae
(
- Suborder:
Meliineae
(
- Order:
Rutales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Lam. Publication : Encyc. iii. 678
Similar Species
Members of the genus Swietenia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 28 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
S. acutifolia · S. alternifolia · S. angolensis · S. aubrevilleana · S. belisensis · S. belizensis · S. candollei · S. chickrassia · S. chloroxylon · S. cirrhata · S. fabrilis · S. febrifuga · S. humilis (Pacific Coast Mahogany) · S. krukovii · S. macrophylla (Broadleaf Mahagony (Usa)) · S. macrophylla var. marabaensis · S. mahagoni (Small-Leaved Mahogany) · S. mahogani · S. mahogoni (Mahogany Tree) · S. multijuga · S. rubra · S. senegalensis · S. soymida · S. sureni · S. tessmannii · S. toon · S. trilocularis · S. villosa
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Further Reading
- A manual of dangerous insects likely to be introduced in the United States through importations. Ed. by W. Dwight Pierce, entomologist, southern field crop insect investigations. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1918. ENG url p. 142.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 64.
- Flore pittoresque et mdicale des Antilles, ou, Histoire naturelle des plantes usuelles des colonies franaises, anglaises, espagnoles et portugaises; par M.E. Descourtilz. Peinte par J. Th. Descourtilz. ParisPichard, 1821-1829. FRE url p. 125.
- Hardwood record. Chicago: Hardwood Co., 1902-1939. ENG url p. 19, p. 22, p. 31.
- Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba. Paris, Bertrand, 1838-1845. SPA url p. 305.
- Journal of economic entomology. [College Park, Md., etc.]Entomological Society of America [etc.] ENG url p. 500.
- Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington [etc., Washington Academy of Sciences] ENG url p. 296.
- Selected vertebrate endangered species of the seacoast of the United States / prepared by National Fish and Wildlife Laboratory, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [Washington]: The Service: [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1980. ENG url p. 4.
- The trees of America; native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described, illustrated by numerous engravings. By D. J. Browne. New York, Harper & brothers, 1857. ENG url p. 128, p. 130.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 1, 2006.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5778331
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15623483
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:579281-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 579281-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 708191
