Family CN: Mahogany Family Family Code: MELIAC Family Parent: [in SAPINDALES] Family Authority: A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Summary: A family of about 50 genera and 565-575 species, trees and shrubs, of tropical and subtropical areas. The only native member of the family in e. North America is Swietenia mahogani (Linnaeus) Jacquin (West Indian Mahogany), a very valuable timber tree which ranges north to s. FL. Reference: Mabberley in Kubitzki (2011). Last Updated: 2020-01-01 Publish: 1