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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) and Srivastava (1991).

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