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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Olea

Hierarchical position of the Genus Olea

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Oleanae Takht. pub. Divers. Classif. Fl. Pl.: 449. 1 Mai 1997.       Ordo  Oleales Lindl. pub. Nix. Pl.: 19. 17 Sep 1833.       Subordo  Oleineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 170. Mai 1898.       Familia  Oleaceae Hoffmanns. & Link pub. Fl. Portug. 1: 385. 1813-1820. common name: Olives       Subfamilia  Oleoideae (Hoffmanns. & Link) Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 119. 9 Mar 1832.       Tribus  Oleeae (Hoffmanns. & Link ex R. Br.) Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 52. 1827.       Genus  Olea L. pub. (1753) common name: olive

Named members of the Genus Olea

1	Species  africana Miller syn. Olea europaea ssp. africana
2	Species  chrysophylla Lam. syn. Olea europaea ssp. africana
3	Species  europaea L. common name: olive
	4    Subspecies  africana (P. Mill.) P. Green common name: African olive 5    Subspecies  europaea common name: European olive

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.