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Melia

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Melia

Summary

Melia is a taxon[1]. Melia ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month, #1,583 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Melia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Meliae is named after Melia[5].
  • Melia is classified within Meliaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Melia is Melia[7].
  • Melia's Commons category is recorded as Melia[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Melia is Melia azedarach[9].
  • Melia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melia (plant)[10].
  • Melia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Melia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(3)[12].
  • Melia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7422[13].
  • Melia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'melia'}[14].
  • Melia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '楝属'}[15].
  • Melia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '楝属'}[16].
  • Melia's has fruit type is recorded as drupe[17].
  • Melia's homonymous taxon is recorded as Melia[18].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Melia is Melia[7]. Melia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Melia belongs to the parent taxon Meliaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Melia is Melia azedarach[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'melia'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '楝属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '楝属'}[16].

Discovery and Description

Meliae is named after Melia[5].

Identifiers

Melia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53725[19]. Melia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 43708[20]. Melia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3190496[21]. Melia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 29023[22].

Why It Matters

Melia ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month, #1,583 of 195,241).[2] Melia has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(3). wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Melia azedarach
    Homonymous taxon → Melia
    Named after → —
    Parent taxon → Meliaceae
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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