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<h2 id="species">Species</h2> <p>12 species are currently accepted:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <ol><li><i><a href="/facts/Olea_capensis/YDBYxsfC">Olea capensis</a></i> L. – Small Ironwood – Comoros, Madagascar; Africa from South Africa north to Ethiopia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, etc.</li> <li><i>Olea capitellata</i> Ridl. – Pahang</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Olea_chimanimani/oNPdDmBl">Olea chimanimani</a></i> Kupicha – <a href="/facts/Chimanimani_Mountains/2f3EVqHa">Chimanimani Mountains</a> of Mozambique and Zimbabwe</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Olea_europaea/tWecyIbg">Olea europaea</a></i> L. – Olive – Mediterranean, Africa, southwestern Asia, Himalayas; naturalized many other places</li> <li><i>Olea exasperata</i> Jacq. – South Africa</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Olea_lancea/eEdQhl9U">Olea lancea</a></i> Lam. – Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues Island</li> <li><i>Olea luzonica</i> Kiew – Philippines (Luzon)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Olea_paniculata/IsqUVTKa">Olea paniculata</a></i> R.Br. – Yunnan, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Kashmir, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu</li> <li><i>Olea puberula </i> Ridl. – Peninsular Malaysia</li> <li><i>Olea schliebenii</i> Knobl. – Tanzania</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Olea_welwitschii/zHwz6s78">Olea welwitschii</a></i> (Knobl.) Gilg & G.Schellenb. – central and eastern Africa from Ethiopia to Zimbabwe</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Olea_woodiana/wYt5z0Ao">Olea woodiana</a></i> Knobl. – South Africa, Eswatini, Kenya, Tanzania</li></ol> <h3>Formerly placed here</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Chionanthus_foveolatus/J8N0GetD">Chionanthus foveolatus</a></i> (E.Mey.) Stearn (as <i>O. foveolata</i> E.Mey.)</li> <li>Ligustrum compactum var. compactum (as <i>O. compacta</i> Wall. ex G.Don)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Nestegis_cunninghamii/tDlQFMhx">Nestegis cunninghamii</a></i> (Hook.f.) L.A.S.Johnson (as <i>O. cunninghamii</i> Hook.f.)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Noronhia_emarginata/7qBde01U">Noronhia emarginata</a></i> (Lam.) Thouars (as <i>O. emarginata</i> Lam.)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Osmanthus_americanus/ImT7VNXt">Osmanthus americanus</a></i> (L.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex A.Gray (as <i>O. americana</i> L.)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Osmanthus_heterophyllus/3157o2Vo">Osmanthus heterophyllus</a></i> (G. Don) P.S.Green (as <i>O. aquifolium</i> Siebold & Zucc. or <i>O. ilicifolia</i> Siebold ex Hassk.)</li> <li><i>Tetrapilus borneensis</i> (Boerl.) de Juana (as <i>Olea borneensis</i> Boerl.)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tetrapilus_brachiatus/Hyqb6fXG">Tetrapilus brachiatus</a></i> Lour. (as <i>Olea brachiata</i> (Lour.) Merr.)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tetrapilus_rubrovenius/tTbB8osI">Tetrapilus rubrovenius</a></i> (Elmer) L.A.S.Johnson (as <i>Olea rubrovenia</i> (Elmer) Kiew)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tetrapilus_tsoongii/x6yFg0mE">Tetrapilus tsoongii</a></i> (Merr.) de Juana (as <i>Olea tsoongii</i> (Merr.) P.S.Green and <i>Olea yuennanensis</i> Hand.-Mazz.)</li></ul> List source :<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Olea. <a href="/facts/Wikispecies/b2GhA7Le">Wikispecies</a> has information related to <i>Olea</i>. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Sunset Western Garden Book. 1995. pp. 606–607. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Olea L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 November 2023. <a href="https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328104-2" target="_blank">https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328104-2</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Flora of China v 15 p 295, 木犀榄属 mu xi lan shu, Olea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 7. 1753. <a href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=122774" target="_blank">http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=122774</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Olea europaea L. <a href="http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=355112" target="_blank">http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=355112</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Altevista Flora Italiana, Oleastro, Olea europaea L. <a href="http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=olea+europaea" target="_blank">http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=olea+europaea</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Olea L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 November 2023. <a href="https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328104-2" target="_blank">https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328104-2</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Olea". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2011. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124109/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?8414" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124109/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?8414</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>