Melioideae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Regnum*: Viridiplantae
Cladus: Streptophyta
Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta
Cladus: Embryophyta
Cladus: Polysporangiophyta
Divisio*: Tracheophyta
Cladus: Eutracheophyta
Cladus: Euphyllophytina
Cladus: Megaphylla
Cladus: Radiatopses
Cladus: Lignophyta
Cladus: Metalignophyta
Diviso*: Spermatophyta
Classis*: Angiospermae
Cladus: Mesangiospermae
Cladus: Eudicota
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Melioideae
Tribus: Aglaieae – Guareeae – Melieae – Sandoriceae – Trichilieae – Turraeeae – Vavaeeae
Source(s) of checklist:

Muellner, A.N., Samuel, R., Chase, M.W., Coleman, A. & Stuessy, T.F. 2008. An evaluation of tribes and generic relationships in Melioideae (Meliaceae) based on nuclear ITS ribosomal DNA. Taxon 57(1): 98-108. DOI: 10.2307/25065951 ResearchGate Reference page.

Genera incertae tribus: Quivisianthe
Name

Melioideae Arn., Botany 103. 1832.

Type genus: Melia L.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Trichilioideae Luerss., Hand. Syst. Bot. 2: 693. 1881.
Type genus: Trichilia P.Browne

References

Arnott, G.A.W. 1832. Botany 103.
Koenen, E.J. & de Wilde, J.J. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea (Meliaceae, Sapindales): the exclusion of Guarea from Africa. Plant Ecology and Evolution 145(2): 209-241. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 Open access Reference page.
Muellner, A.N., Samuel, R., Chase, M.W., Coleman, A. & Stuessy, T.F. 2008. An evaluation of tribes and generic relationships in Melioideae (Meliaceae) based on nuclear ITS ribosomal DNA. Taxon 57(1): 98-108. DOI: 10.2307/25065951 ResearchGate Reference page.