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ID: 300375020
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300375020

 

Record Type: concept
Swietenia mahagoni (species) (Swietenia (genus), Meliaceae (family), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Wood of the species Swietenia mahagoni, native to southern Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola. It turns reddish brown at maturity. This is the species for which the term "mahogany" was first coined, derived from a Native American term.
 
Terms:
Swietenia mahagoni (species) (preferred,C,U,S,English-P,D,U,N)
Swietenia mahagoni (species) (Latin-P,D,U,N)
Swietenia mahagoni (soort) (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
West Indies mahogany (species) (C,U,C,English,AD,U,N)
West Indian mahogany (species) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
Cuban mahogany (species) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
mahogany, West Indian (species) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
Spanish mahogany (species) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
Swietenia mahogani (species) (C,U,Latin,UF,U,N)
Swietenia mahogoni (species) (C,U,Latin,UF,U,N)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  H.HL

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Agents Facet
Agents Facet
Hierarchy of Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
.... Living Organisms (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of living organisms (entities)
........ living organisms (entities) (G)
Hierarchy of Eukaryota (domain)
............ Eukaryota (domain) (G)
Hierarchy of Plantae (kingdom)
................ Plantae (kingdom) (G)
Hierarchy of Angiospermae (division)
.................... Angiospermae (division) (G)
Hierarchy of Magnoliopsida (class)
........................ Magnoliopsida (class) (G)
Hierarchy of Rosanae (superorder)
............................ Rosanae (superorder) (G)
Hierarchy of Sapindales (order)
................................ Sapindales (order) (G)
Hierarchy of Meliaceae (family)
.................................... Meliaceae (family) (G)
Hierarchy of Swietenia (genus)
........................................ Swietenia (genus) (G)
Hierarchy of Swietenia mahagoni (species)
............................................ Swietenia mahagoni (species) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Hout van de soort Swietenia mahagoni, inheems in Zuid-Florida, de Bahama's, Cuba, Jamaica en Hispaniola. Het hout wordt roodachtig bruin als het is volgroeid. Voor deze soort werd de term 'mahonie' (afgeleid van een term in een indianentaal) voor het eerst gebruikt. 

Related concepts:
source for ....  West Indies mahogany (wood)
..................  (mahogany (wood), hardwood, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300012232]

Sources and Contributors:
Cuban mahogany (species)............  [VP]
.........................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.........................................  Titmuss, Commericial Timbers (1965) 144
mahogany, West Indian (species)............  [VP]
.....................................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Spanish mahogany (species)............  [VP]
...............................................  Bramwell, International Book of Wood (1976) 257
Swietenia mahagoni (species)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
...............................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...............................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
...............................................  ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System online (2005-)
...............................................  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-)
...............................................  NCBI Taxonomy Browser (2008-)
Swietenia mahogani (species)............  [VP]
...............................................  Bramwell, International Book of Wood (1976) 257
...............................................  NCBI Taxonomy Browser (2008-)
Swietenia mahogoni (species)............  [VP]
...............................................  NCBI Taxonomy Browser (2008-)
West Indian mahogany (species)............  [VP]
.....................................................  Broschat and Donselman, Growth of West Indian Mahogany (1983) title
.....................................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.....................................................  ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System online (2005-)
West Indies mahogany (species)............  [VP]
.....................................................  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-)
.....................................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.......... MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-)
.......... Timbers of the World (1979-1980) v. II, p. 368
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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