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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Olea L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 8 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000026703.

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Synonyms of Olea

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Enaimon	Raf.	Sylva Tellur. : 9 (1838)	wfo-4000013342
Leuranthus	Knobl.	Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 117 (1934)	wfo-4000021625
Steganthus	Knobl.	Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 116 (1934)	wfo-4000036351
Stereoderma	Blume	Fl. Javae , Praef.: ix (1828)	wfo-4000036615

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Olea:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Olea arborea	Lodd.	Cat. ex Hort. Brit. (Loudon) 5, nomen. 1830		wfo-0001354622
Olea cordulata	H.L.Li	J. Arnold Arbor. 24(3): 372 1943	—	wfo-0001273608
Olea divaricata	Desf.	Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2. 63. 1815		wfo-0001354623
Olea hispalensis	Clem. ex Steud.	ed. II. ii. 209.		wfo-0001354624
Olea japonica	Hassk.	Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt. : 118 (1844)		wfo-0000817381
Olea listeriana	Sim ex Listor	Rep. Conserv. For. Cape 1897, 98, nomen.		wfo-0001354625
Olea procera	Zipp. ex Mackl.	Bijdr. Natuurk. Wetensch. v. (1830) 178, nomen (Quid ?).		wfo-0001354626