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
- 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
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 Encyclopedia of Life
- Swietenia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Swietenia at Tropicos
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