Swietenia macrophylla

Swietenia macrophylla, Venezuela

Swietenia macrophylla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Cedreloideae
Genus: Swietenia
Species: Swietenia macrophylla

Name

Swietenia macrophylla King, 1886

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Swietenia belizensis Lundell in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 6: 36 (1941)
  • Swietenia candollei Pittier in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 10: 33 (1920)
  • Swietenia krukovii Gleason in Amer. J. Bot. 23: 21 (1936)
  • Swietenia macrophylla var. marabaensis Ledoux & Lobato in Estud. Forest. Estuar. Amaz. 15: 1 (1973)
  • Swietenia tessmannii Harms in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 180 (1927)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Swietenia macrophylla Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Western South America Bolivia Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Continental: Northern America Regional: Central America Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Haiti, Jamaica, Jawa, Laos, Leeward Is., Marianas, Nicobar Is., Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• King, G., 1886. Hooker's Icon. Pl.. 16: t. 1550

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Swietenia macrophylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Swietenia macrophylla. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Swietenia macrophylla. Published online. Accessed: January 15 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Swietenia macrophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 January 2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Amerikanischer Mahagoni
English: Big Leaf Mahogany
Esperanto: Grandfolia svitenio
español: Caoba de hoja grande
suomi: Amerikanaitomahonki
português: Mogno-do-Brasil

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