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Olea
| Description | Olea (OH-lee-ə) is a genus of about 40 species in the family Oleaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Middle East, 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 trichosclereids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : Olea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Scrophulariales : Oleaceae : Olea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Olea L. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. P. Kershaw. 1976. A Late Pleistocene and Holocene pollen diagram from Lynch’s Crater, northeastern Queensland, Australia. New Phytologist 77:469-498 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Olives, Olive, Olivträdsläktet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olea |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Olea ambrensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea borneensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea brachiata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea capensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea capitellata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea caudatilimba species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea chimanimani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea chrysophylla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea condatula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea cordatula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea dioica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea europaea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea exasperata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea ferruginea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea fragrans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea gagnepainii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea gamblei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea hainanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea javanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea lancea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea laxiflora species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea luzonica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea moluccana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea moluccensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea neriifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea obtusifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea palawanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea paniculata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Olea parvilimba species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea polygama species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea puberula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea rosea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea rubrovenia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea salicifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea schliebenii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea tetragonoclada species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea tsoongii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea welwitschii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea wightiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea woodiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olea yuennanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Pachyderma Blume | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : Pachyderma |
| Enaimon Raf. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : Enaimon |
| Stereoderma Blume | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : Stereoderma |
| Leuranthus Knobl. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : Leuranthus |
| Pogenda Raf. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : Pogenda |
| Tetrapilus Lour. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : Tetrapilus |
| Stereoderma Blume ex Endlicher, 1838 | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : Stereoderma |
| Steganthus Knobl. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : Steganthus |
| Picricarya Dennst. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : Picricarya |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1809 | Olea Hoffmannsegg and Link |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
