Meliaceae

family of plants commonly known as the Mahogany family
Taxon taxon Q158979
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Summary

Meliaceae is a taxon[1]. Meliaceae ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,288 views/month, #1,529 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Terebinthales[4], Geraniales[5], Rutales[6], Sapindales[7], Rutineae[8]
  • Taxon name: Meliaceae[9]
  • Commons category: Meliaceae[10]
  • Taxonomic type: Melia[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Meliaceae[12]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(3)[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=704[16]
  • Taxon common name: Meliekimilər[17], Meliàcia[18], zederachovité[19], Paternostertræ-familien[20], Mahagonigewächse[21], Mahogany family[22], Meliacoj[23], Mahonkikasvit[24], אזדרכתיים[25], Melijowcowe rostliny[26], Մելիազգիներ[27], センダン科[28], Spatrmeliace[29], ಮೆಲಿಯೇಸೀ[30]

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Identifiers

Meliaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53724[31]. Meliaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 43707[32]. Meliaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4413[33]. Meliaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2397[34]. Meliaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 29008[35].

Why It Matters

Meliaceae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Meliaceae is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Reveal System of Classification. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [33] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Taxonomic type → Melia
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