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

1. 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, malvids – clades; Sapindales – order; Meliaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Swietenia mahagoni (West Indies mahogany) - type species; Swietenia ×aubrevilleana, Swietenia humilis (Pacific Coast mahogany, Honduras mahogany, Mexican mahogany), Swietenia krukovii, Swietenia macrophylla (bigleaf mahogany, Honduras mahogany) - 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 Plants of the World Online
• Swietenia at USDA Plants database
• Swietenia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Swietenia at the Catalogue of Life 
• Swietenia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Swietenia at Tropicos