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The genus Olearia is in the family Compositae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Olearia

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Olearia adenocarpa Molloy & Heenan	Accepted		TICA
Olearia adenolasia (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia adenophora (F.Muell.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia aglossa (Maiden & Betche) Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia algida N.A.Wakef.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia allomii Kirk	Accepted		TICA
Olearia alpicola (F.Muell.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia angustifolia Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing	Accepted		TICA
Olearia archeri Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia argophylla (Labill.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia arguta (R.Br.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia argyrophylla F.Muell.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia arida E.Pritz.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia asterotricha (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia astroloba Lander & N.G.Walsh	Accepted		TICA
Olearia avicenniifolia (Raoul) Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia axillaris (DC.) F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia ballii (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Hemsl.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia brachyphylla (F.Muell. ex Sond.) N.A.Wakef.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia brevipedunculata N.G.Walsh	Accepted		TICA
Olearia bullata H.D.Wilson & Garn.-Jones	Accepted		TICA
Olearia burgessii Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia calcarea F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia canescens (Benth.) Hutch.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia × capillaris Buchanan	Accepted		TICA
Olearia cassiniae (F.Muell.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia chathamica Kirk	Accepted		TICA
Olearia cheesemanii Cockayne & Allan	Accepted		TICA
Olearia chrysophylla (DC.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia ciliata (Benth.) F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia colensoi Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia conocephala F.Muell.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia cordata Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia coriacea Kirk	Accepted		TICA
Olearia covenyi Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia crebra E.K.Cameron & Heenan	Accepted		TICA
Olearia crosby-smithiana Petrie	Accepted		TICA
Olearia cydoniifolia (DC.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia decurrens (DC.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia durifolia J.Kost.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia elaeophila (DC.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia elliptica DC.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia eremaea Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia ericoides (Steetz) N.A.Wakef.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia erubescens (Sieber ex DC.) Dippel	Accepted		TICA
Olearia excorticata Buchanan	Accepted		TICA
Olearia exiguifolia (F.Muell.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia exilifolia F.Muell.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia exilis S.Moore	Accepted		TICA
Olearia ferresii (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia fimbriata Heads	Accepted		TICA
Olearia floccosa J.Kost.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia flocktoniae Maiden & Betche	Accepted		TICA
Olearia floribunda (Hook.f.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia fluvialis Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia fragrantissima Petrie	Accepted		TICA
Olearia frostii (F.Muell.) J.H.Willis	Accepted		TICA
Olearia fulvida Archer ex Kuntze	Accepted		TICA
Olearia furfuracea (A.Rich.) Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia gardneri Heads	Accepted		TICA
Olearia glandulosa (Labill.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia glutinosa (Lindl.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia gordonii Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia grandiflora Hook.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia gravis (F.Muell.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia gunniana (DC.) Hook.f. ex Hook.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia haastii Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia hectorii Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia heleophila F.Muell.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia heliophila (DC.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia heterocarpa S.T.Blake	Accepted		TICA
Olearia heterolepis Mattf.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia heterophila	Accepted		TICA
Olearia heterotricha Mattf.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia homolepis (F.Muell.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia hooglandii J.Kost.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia hookeri (Sond.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia humilis Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia hygrophila (DC.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia ilicifolia Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia imbricata (Turcz.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia incana (D.A.Cooke) Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia incondita Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia iodochroa (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia kernotii (F.Muell.) Mattf.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia laciniifolia Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia lacunosa Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia lanata J.Kost.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia lanuginosa (J.H.Willis) N.A.Wakef.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia lasiophylla Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia laxiflora Kirk	Accepted		TICA
Olearia ledifolia (DC.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia lehmanniana (Steetz) Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia lepidophylla (Pers.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia lepidota Mattf.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia leptocephala J.Kost.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia lineata Cockayne	Accepted		TICA
Olearia lirata (Sims) Hutch.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia lyallii Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia macdonnellensis D.A.Cooke	Accepted		TICA
Olearia macrodonta Baker	Accepted		TICA
Olearia magniflora (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia × matthewsii Heenan	Accepted		TICA
Olearia megalophylla (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia microdisca J.M.Black	Accepted		TICA
Olearia microphylla (Vent.) Maiden & Betche	Accepted		TICA
Olearia minor (Benth.) Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia montana Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia monticola F.M.Bailey	Accepted		TICA
Olearia mooneyi (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Hemsl.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia moschata Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia mucronata Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia muelleri (Sond.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia muricata (Steetz) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia myrsinoides (Labill.) F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia nernstii (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia nummulariifolia (Hook.f.) Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia obcordata (Hook.f.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia occidentissima Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia odorata Petrie	Accepted		TICA
Olearia oleifolia Kirk	Accepted		TICA
Olearia oliganthema (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia oppositifolia (F.Muell.) Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia pachycephala J.Kost.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia pachyphylla Cheeseman	Accepted		TICA
Olearia pallida J.Kost.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia paniculata Druce	Accepted		TICA
Olearia pannosa Hook.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia passerinoides (Turcz.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia paucidentata (Steetz) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia persoonioides (DC.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia phlogopappa (Labill.) DC.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia picridifolia (F.Muell.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia pimeleoides (DC.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia pinifolia (Hook.f.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia platyphylla Mattf.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia plucheacea Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia polita H.D.Wilson & Garn.-Jones	Accepted		TICA
Olearia quercifolia Sieber ex DC.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia quinquevulnera Heenan	Accepted		TICA
Olearia racemosa Domin	Accepted		TICA
Olearia ramosissima (DC.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia ramulosa (Labill.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia rani (A.Cunn.) Druce	Accepted		TICA
Olearia revoluta F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia rhizomatica Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia rosmarinifolia (DC.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia rudis (Benth.) F.Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia rufa J.Kost.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia rugosa (F.Muell. ex W.Archer) Hutch.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia semidentata Decne.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia solandri (Hook.f.) Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia speciosa Hutch.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia spectabilis J.Kost.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia stellulata (Labill.) DC.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia stenophylla N.G.Walsh	Accepted		TICA
Olearia stilwelliae Blakely	Accepted		TICA
Olearia strigosa (Steetz) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia stuartii (F.Muell.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia suavis Cheeseman	Accepted		TICA
Olearia subrepanda (DC.) Hutch.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia subspicata (Hook.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia suffruticosa D.A.Cooke	Accepted		TICA
Olearia tasmanica W.M.Curtis	Accepted		TICA
Olearia tenuifolia (DC.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia teretifolia F.Muell.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia thomsonii Cheeseman	Accepted		TICA
Olearia tomentosa (J.C.Wendl.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia townsonii Cheeseman	Accepted		TICA
Olearia traillii Kirk	Accepted		TICA
Olearia traversii (F.Muell.) Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia trifurcata Lander	Accepted		TICA
Olearia tubuliflora Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia velutina J.Kost.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia vernonioides C.T.White & W.D.Francis	Accepted		TICA
Olearia virgata (Hook.f.) Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia viscidula (F.Muell.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia viscosa (Labill.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Olearia xerophila (F.Muell.) Benth.	Accepted		TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 280 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Olearia. Of these 181 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 54 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Olearia. 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 280 species names for the genus Olearia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	181	64.6%
◕	Synonym	45	16.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	54	19.3%

All names

The status of the 334 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Olearia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	200	59.9%
◕	Synonym	79	23.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	55	16.5%

Of these names,

• 4 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 280 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Olearia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	149	34	0	0	183	65.4%
	Low confidence	32	11	0	54	97	34.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Olearia, are as follows: