Taxon:  Olea capensis L. subsp. macrocarpa (C. H. Wright) I. Verd.



Summary
Genus:
Olea
Subgenus:
Olea
Section:
Ligustroides
Family:
Oleaceae
Tribe:
Oleeae
Nomen number:
424944
Place of publication:
Bothalia 6:590.  1956
Verified:
01/29/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Olea capensis L. (0 active accession[s])
Olea capensis L. subsp. capensis (0 active accession[s])
Olea capensis L. subsp. enervis (Harv.) I. Verd. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Olea macrocarpa C. H. Wright

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Olea capensis L. subsp. hochstetteri (Baker) Friis & P. S. Green
Olea hochstetteri Baker

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  2. Besnard, G. et al. 2009. Phylogenetics of Olea (Oleaceae) based on plastid and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences: Tertiary climatic shifts and lineage differentiation times. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 104:143-160.
  3. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Olea capensis L.
  5. Friis, I. 1992. Forests and forest trees of Northeast Tropical Africa Note: mentions
  6. Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
  7. Rugini, E. et al. 2011. Chapter 5. Olea. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, temperate fruits 79-117.
  8. Rugini, E. et al. 2011. Chapter 5. Olea. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, temperate fruits 79-117. Note: as part of the tertiary gene pool of olive
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanComoros  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar

Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  2. Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:108-110.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=424944. Accessed 17 April 2026.