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Olea (olive)
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).
It was assigned to Oleaceae by Hoffmannsegg and Link (1809), Chandler (1963), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1753 | Olea Linnaeus p. 8 |
| 1809 | Olea Hoffmannsegg and Link |
| 1963 | Olea Chandler p. 131 |
| 1976 | Olea Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Olea Chauhan |
| 1991 | Olea Srivastava |
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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
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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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleogene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Olea sp. (224606) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Olea headonensis (24106) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Olea headonensis (27663) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Olea sp. (22225 22226 22233) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | North Atlantic | Olea sp. (263458) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Olea sp. (28443) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | France (Elsass) | Olea oleastroides (21222) | |
| Pliocene | North Atlantic | Olea sp. (263226 263227 263228) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | Tanzania | Olea africana, Olea hochstetteri (22335) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | France (Alpes Maritimes) | Olea sp. (50523) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Tanzania | Olea sp., Olea africana (21975) | |
| Pleistocene | India (Kashmir) | Olea glandulifera (224612) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Olea sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168890 168891 168892 168893 168904 168918 168924) | |
| Pleistocene | North 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) | |
| Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Olea sp. (22117) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Olea sp. (22116) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | North Atlantic | Olea sp. (264289 264727) | |
| Quaternary | India (Uttarakhand) | Olea sp. (228809) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Olea sp., Olea africana, Olea hochstetteri (22337) | |
| Calabrian - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Olea sp. (22072) | |
| Ionian - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Apulia) | Olea sp. (157642) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Olea sp. (168896) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Olea paniculata (168747 168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168754 168756) | |
| Holocene | North Atlantic | Olea sp. (264380) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Olea sp. (168937) |