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Olea (olive)

Angiospermae - Lamiales - Oleaceae

Taxonomy
Olea was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Olea europaea.

It was assigned to Oleaceae by Hoffmannsegg and Link (1809), Chandler (1963), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Olea Linnaeus p. 8
1809Olea Hoffmannsegg and Link
1963Olea Chandler p. 131
1976Olea Lakhanpal et al.
1991Olea Chauhan
1991Olea Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
Asterids
Euasterids
Lamiids
orderLamiales
familyOleaceae
genusOlea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Olea Linnaeus 1753 [olive]
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Olea capensis Linnaeus 1753
Olea europaea Linnaeus 1753
Olea glandulifera Wallich 1837
Olea headonensis Chandler 1961
Olea paniculata Brown 1810
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) Olea sp. (224606)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Olea headonensis (24106)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Olea headonensis (27663)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Africa Olea sp. (22225 22226 22233)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58North Atlantic Olea sp. (263458)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Olea sp. (28443)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6France (Elsass) Olea oleastroides (21222)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Atlantic Olea sp. (263226 263227 263228)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Tanzania Olea africana, Olea hochstetteri (22335)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) Olea sp. (50523)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Tanzania Olea sp., Olea africana (21975)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Olea glandulifera (224612)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Olea sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168890 168891 168892 168893 168904 168918 168924)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic Olea sp. (262357 262358 262359 262360 262420 262423 263223 263638 263639 263640 264290 264293 264295 264381 264382 264385 264386 264731 264732 264733 264735 264944 264947 264949 265136 265137 265138 265139 265140)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Olea sp. (22117)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Olea sp. (22116)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0North Atlantic Olea sp. (264289 264727)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Olea sp. (228809)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Olea sp., Olea africana, Olea hochstetteri (22337)
Calabrian - Holocene1.8 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Olea sp. (22072)
Ionian - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Apulia) Olea sp. (157642)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Olea sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Olea paniculata (168747 168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168754 168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Atlantic Olea sp. (264380)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Olea sp. (168937)