Oleaceae
Olea

Olea welwitschii (Knobl.) Gilg & G.Schellenb.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 76 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Sudan

Native to:

Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Green, P.S. (2006). World Checklist of Oleaceae Manuscript Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226. [Cited as Olea capensis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gilg & Schellenb. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 51: 76 (1915).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gossweiler [s.n.] Angola K001008353 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [10016] Angola K001008355 Yes
Welwitsch [946] Angola K001008358 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [4497] Angola K001008351 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K001008357 Yes
Gossweiler [4497] Angola K001008352 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K001008350 Yes
Welwitsch [945] Angola K000233373 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hughes, J. [285] Tanzania K:SPC-07027.000 No
Styles, B.T. [247] Uganda K:SPC-25694.012 No
Gossweiler, J. [4455] Angola K001008349 Yes
Hughes, J. [208] Tanzania K:SPC-05077.000 No
Gossweiler, J. [4497B] Angola K001008356 Yes
Drury, J.P. [418] Kenya K:SPC-05078.000 No
Gossweiler [s.n.] Angola K001008354 Yes
Hughes, J. [225] Tanzania K:SPC-07026.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0