Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Sapindales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Meliaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Dysoxylum Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 172 (1825)
 Description

Fls in cymose panicles; sepals and petals 4–5; staminal tube cylindric, toothed at mouth; anthers 8–10, included in tube; disk tubular, sheathing 3–5-celled ovary. Ovules us. 2 per cell; capsule loculicidally dehiscent; seeds and cots large. Trees with alt. pinnate lvs.

[From:  Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Dysoxylum Blume
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Blume, C.L. 1825–1827: Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indië. Lands Drukkerij, Batavia.
Holzmeyer, L.; Hauenschild, F.; Mabberley, D.J.; Muellner-Riehl, A.N. 2021: Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species. Taxon: https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12591 1–25 (online).
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.