Project Meliaceae

Species: Swietenia spp.

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Scott Herron. The natural history of mahogany.
Ethnobotany leaflets
Southern Illinois University Carbondal
19 February 1999
http://www.siu.edu/~ebl/leaflets/mahogany.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004

Description of Swietenia
http://woodid.homestead.com/files/GENERA.htm
Link posted 9 August 2004

Description of Swietena wood (Italian)
Mogano
Farri
http://www.farri.it/srl_leg11.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004

Photographs and information on Swietenia macrophylla and S. mahagoni
Tropilab, Inc.
http://www.tropilab.com/mahogany.html
Link verified 2 June 2004

Photograph and characteristics of wood of Swietenia macrophylla or S. mahagoni
Christian Rolland
Laboratoire Ecosystèmes Alpins, Grenoble, France
http://christian.rolland.free.fr/wood_samples/previewpages/previewpage2.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004

Photograph of fruits of Swietenia spp.
Nomenclature Database
Tropicos
Missouri Botanical Garden
http://mobot.mobot.org/cgi-bin/search_vast?onda=N40008235
Link verified 2 June 2004

Problematic name:
Type specimen of Swietenia belizensis
Nomenclature Database
Tropicos
Missouri Botanical Garden
http://mobot.mobot.org/cgi-bin/search_vast?onda=N20400845
Link verified 2 June 2004

Problematic name:
Specimen list of Swietenia belizensis
New York Botanical Garden
http://scisun.nybg.org:8890/searchdb/owa/wwwspecimen.search_list?taxon=Swietenia+belisensis+Lundell+++++&projcode=VASC
Link verified 2 June 2004

Problematic name:
Specimen list of Swietenia candollei
New York Botanical Garden
http://scisun.nybg.org:8890/searchdb/owa/wwwspecimen.search_list?taxon=Swietenia+candollei+Pittier+++++&projcode=VASC
Link verified 2 June 2004

Problematic name:
Specimen list of Swietenia cirrhata
New York Botanical Garden
http://scisun.nybg.org:8890/searchdb/owa/wwwspecimen.search_list?taxon=Swietenia+cirrhata+S.+F.+Blake+++++&projcode=VASC
Link verified 2 June 2004

Problematic name:
Type specimen of Swietenia krukovii
Nomenclature Database
Tropicos
Missouri Botanical Garden
http://mobot.mobot.org/cgi-bin/search_vast?onda=N20400184
Link verified 2 June 2004

Problematic name:
Specimen list of Swietenia tessmannii
New York Botanical Garden
http://scisun.nybg.org:8890/searchdb/owa/wwwspecimen.search_list?taxon=Swietenia+tessmannii+Harms+++++&projcode=VASC
Link verified 2 June 2004

Wood of the Month: The Fascinating Tale of Mahogany
Jo-Ann Kaiser
Industrial Strength Woodworking, Lincolnshire, IL
http://www.iswonline.com/wwp/wom/mahogany.shtml
Link verified 2 June 2004

Description of Swietenia (French)
Tropix 4.1.0 CIRAD-FORET
18 June 2002
http://wwww.cirad.fr/activites/bois/fr/syst/ame/mogno.pdf
Link verified 2 June 2004

Information on Swietenia hybrid
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?312463
Link verified 2 June 2004