Genus Olea L.


Summary
Genus number:
8414
Last updated:
3 April 2006
Family:
Oleaceae
Tribe:
Oleeae
Common name(s):

olive
Accession count:

418 (162  active, 139  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


Synonyms
Synonym(s) Possible synonym(s)

Subdivisions of Olea L.
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References:
  1. Besnard, G. et al. 2002. The genus Olea: molecular approaches of its structure and relationships to other Oleaceae. Acta Bot. Gallica 149:49-66.
  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. Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:91-140.
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/taxonomygenus?id=8414. Accessed 11 May 2026.