Olea
| Olea | |
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| Olea europaea (Olive), Lisbon, Portugal | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Oleaceae |
| Tribe: | Oleeae |
| Genus: | Olea L.[1] |
| Species | |
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About 40; see text |
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| Synonyms | |
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Enaimon Raf.
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Olea (
/ˈoʊliːə/)[2] is a genus of about 40 species in the family Oleaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of southern Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australasia. They are evergreen trees and shrubs, with small, opposite, entire leaves. The fruit is a drupe.Leaves of Olea contain Tricho sclereids.
For humans, the most important species is by far the Olive (Olea europaea), native to the Mediterranean region. O. paniculata is a larger tree, attaining a height of 15–18 m in the forests of Queensland, and yielding a hard and tough timber. The yet harder wood of the Black Ironwood O. laurifolia, an inhabitant of Natal, is important in South Africa.
Olea species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Double-striped Pug.
[edit] Selected species
- Olea ambrensis H.Perrier
- Olea borneensis Boerl.
- Olea brachiata (Lour.) Merr.
- Olea capensis L. – Small Ironwood
- Olea caudatilimba L.C.Chia
- Olea chimanimani Kupicha
- Olea chrysophylla Lam.
- Olea cordatula H.L.Li
- Olea dioica Roxb.
- Olea europaea L. – Olive
- Olea exasperata Jacq.
- Olea gagnepainii Knobl.
- Olea gamblei C.B.Clarke
- Olea guangxiensis B.M.Miao
- Olea hainanensis H.L.Li
- Olea javanica (Blume) Knobl.
- Olea lancea Lam.
- Olea laurifolia Lam. – Black Ironwood
- Olea laxiflora H.L.Li
- Olea moluccensis Kiew
- Olea neriifolia H.L.Li
- Olea obovata (Merr.) Kiew
- Olea oleaster Hoffmanns. & Link – Wild-olive
- Olea palawanensis Kiew
- Olea paniculata R.Br.
- Olea parvilimba (Merr. & Chun) B.M.Miao
- Olea polygama Wight
- Olea rosea Craib
- Olea rubrovenia (Elmer) Kiew
- Olea salicifolia Wall. ex G.Don
- Olea schliebenii Knobl.
- Olea sylvestris Mill.
- Olea tetragonoclada L.C.Chia
- Olea tsoongii (Merr.) P.S.Green
- Olea undulata (Sol.) Jacq.
- Olea welwitschii (Knobl.) Gilg & G.Schellenb.
- Olea wightiana Wall. ex G.Don
- Olea woodiana Knobl.
- Olea yuennanensis Hand.-Mazz.
[edit] Formerly placed here
- Chionanthus foveolatus (E.Mey.) Stearn (as O. foveolata E.Mey.)
- Ligustrum compactum var. compactum (as O. compacta Wall. ex G.Don)
- Nestegis cunninghamii (Hook.f.) L.A.S.Johnson (as O. cunninghamii Hook.f.)
- Noronhia emarginata (Lam.) Thouars (as O. emarginata Lam.)
- Osmanthus americanus (L.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex A.Gray (as O. americana L.)
- Osmanthus heterophyllus (G. Don) P.S.Green (as O. aquifolium Siebold & Zucc. or O. ilicifolia Siebold ex Hassk.)
- List source :[3]
[edit] References
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- ^ a b GRIN (April 4, 2006). "Olea information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?8414. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ a b GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Olea". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?8414. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
- ^ "Name - Olea L. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031051?tab=subordinatetaxa. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
