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The genus Olea is in the family Oleaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Olea

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Olea ambrensis H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea borneensis Boerl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea brachiata (Lour.) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea capensis L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Olea capitellata Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea caudatilimba L.C.Chia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea chimanimani Kupicha	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea cordatula H.L.Li	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea cordulata H.L. Li	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Olea dioica Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea europaea L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	5
Olea exasperata Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea ferruginea Wall. ex Aitch.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Olea gagnepainii Knobl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea gamblei C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea hainanensis H.L.Li	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea javanica (Blume) Knobl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea lancea Lam.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea laxiflora H.L.Li	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea moluccensis Kiew	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea neriifolia H.L.Li	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea palawanensis Kiew	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea paniculata R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea parvilimba (Merr. & Chun) B.M.Miao	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea polygama Wight	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea puberula Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea rosea Craib	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea rubrovenia (Elmer) Kiew	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea salicifolia Wall. ex G.Don	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea schliebenii Knobl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea tetragonoclada L.C.Chia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea tsoongii (Merr.) P.S.Green	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea welwitschii (Knobl.) Gilg & G.Schellenb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea wightiana Wall. ex G.Don	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea woodiana Knobl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Olea yuennanensis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 179 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Olea. Of these 35 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 55 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Olea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 179 species names for the genus Olea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	35	19.6%
◕	Synonym	143	79.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.6%

All names

The status of the 234 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Olea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	42	17.9%
◕	Synonym	191	81.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.4%

Of the species names,

• 7 are recorded as invalid
• 14 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 179 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Olea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	34	142	0	0	176	98.3%
	Medium confidence	1	1	0	0	2	1.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	1	1	0.6%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Olea is as follows: