357.0000
Family
Olacaceae Juss. ex R.Br.; J. H. Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire: 452 (1818), nom. cons.
3-6 genera, 55 spp.
Species listed in database: 58
= Fissilieae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl.: 47 (1829)
= Olaceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam.: 117 (1847)
= Olacinae G.King; J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 64: 96 (1895)
= Olacoideae Sond.; W. H. Harvey & O. W. Sonder, Fl. Cap. 1: 234 (1860)
357.0002
Genus
Olax L.; Sp. Pl. 1: 34 (1753)
Distribution: Tropical and South Africa , Madagascar, tropical Asia, S-China, Indochina, Malesia, Australia, Pacific
Species listed in database: 39
= Drebbelia Zoll.; Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 14: 160 (1857)
= Fissilia Comm. ex Juss.; Gen. 260 (1789)
= Lopadocalyx Klotzsch; Lehm. Pl. Preiss. 1: 178 (1844)
= Pseudaleia Thouars; Gen. Nov. Madag. 15 (1806)
= Pseudaleioides Thouars; Gen. Nov. Madag. 15 (1806)
= Roxburghia J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 1: 168 (1820)
= Spermaxyrum Labill.; Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 84. t. 233 (1806)
species :
Olax acuminata
Wall. ex Benth.; Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 89 (1840)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Bhutan; India (West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Kachin, Sagaing)
36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax heyneana Wall.; Numer. List: no. 6780 (1832), nom. inval.
= Olax longifolia Wall.; Numer. List no. 6782 (1832), nomen
species :
Olax angulata
A.S.George; Fl. Australia 22: 220 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (New South Wales: very local)
50 AUS
species :
Olax angustifolia
Compère; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 32: 201 (1962)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Olax antsiranensis
Z.S.Rogers, Malécot & Sikes; Adansonia 28(1): 75 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Olax aphylla
R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 358 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (N Kimberley, Western Australia, N-Northern Territory, and near Laura and Cooktown, Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Spermaxyrum aphyllum (R.Br.) DC.; Prodr. 1: 532 (1824)
species :
Olax aschersoniana
Büttner; Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 32: 46 (1890)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; N-Angola
23 CON ZAI 26 ANG
species :
Olax aurantia
A.S.George; Fl. Australia 22: 220 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: W coast between the lower Murchison River and Eneabba, with an outlier on the Cape Range)
50 AUS
species :
Olax austrosinensis
Y.R.Ling; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 2(4): 18 (1982)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Hainan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax laxiflora Merr. ex H.L.Li; J. Arnold Arbor. 26(1): 60 (1945) (not Ridl. (1921)
species :
Olax benthamiana
Miq.; Lehm. Pl. Preiss. 1: 228 (1845)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: lower Murchison River to Busselton and E to Esperance)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Lopedocalyx uliginosus Klotzsch; Lehm., Pl. Preiss. 1: 178 (1845)
= Olax uliginosa (Klotzsch) Klotzsch; Lehm. Pl. Preiss. 2: 230 (1848)
species :
Olax capuronii
Z.S.Rogers, Malécot & Sikes; Adansonia 28(1): 77 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Olax dissitiflora
Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 350 (1868)
Name: Small Sourplum (EN)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar
25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax stuhlmannii Engl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 2: 283 (1899)
species :
Olax emirnensis
Baker; J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21: 331 (1884)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax tsaratananensis Cavaco & Keraudren; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 29: 25 (1955)
species :
Olax gambecola
Baill.; Adansonia 3: 121 (1862 publ. 1863)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; South Sudan; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia
22 BEN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB RWA SAO ZAI 24 SSU 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Alsodeiopsis glaberrima Engl. ex Hutch. & Dalziel; (1928)
= Olax alliacea (De Wild.) Vermoesen ex Boutique; Agric., Louvain 40: 158 (1937)
= Olax minquartioides Baill. ex Pellegr.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Normandie 26(2): 63 (1924)
= Olax poggei Engl.; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. Nachtr. I. 146 (1897)
= Olax pyramidata A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. 1: 124 (1920), nomen
= Olax ubanghensis A.Chev.; Etudes Fl. Afr. Centr. Franc. 1: 55 (1913), nomen
= Olax verruculosa Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17(1-2): 69 (1893)
= Olax viridis Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 349 (1868)
= Ptychopetalum alliaceum De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. sér. 5, 1[1]: 33 (1903)
= Ptychopetalum nigricans De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. sér. 5, 1[1]: 34 (1903)
species :
Olax glabriflora
Danguy; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 28: 248 (1922)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Olax gossweileri
Exell & Mendonça; Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 25: 109 (1951)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; SW-Angola
23 CON 26 ANG
species :
Olax hypoleuca
Baill.; Adansonia 8: 345 (1868)
Distribution: New Caledonia (widespread, Ile des Pins)
60 NWC
variant :
var. microphylla
Villiers; Fl. New Caledonia. & Depend. 9: 187 (1980)
Distribution: New Caledonia
60 NWC
species :
Olax imbricata
Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 5 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall 1: 169 (1820), Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 1: 164 (1832)
Distribution: China (Hainan); Taiwan; India (Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Ayeyarwady, Mon, Rakhine, Taninthayi); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); +Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi (incl. Kabaena Isl., Buton Isl.); Philippines; Java (incl. Madura Isl.); Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Flores, Sumbawa, Alor, Timor); Moluccas (Sula Arch., Tanimbar, Kei Isl.); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isl.; Palau (Koror, Urukthapel); Fed. States of Micronesia (Pohnpei)
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN IND SRL 41 AND CBD MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG PHI SNG SUL SUM 43 SOL 62 MIC PLU
Synonyms: hidden
= Fissilia psittacorum Blanco; Fl. Filip.: 28 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Olax laxiflora Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 34 (1931)
= Olax loranthiformis Griff.; Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 691 (1854)
= Olax lucida B.Heyne ex Wall.; Numer. List: no. 6777 (1832), nom. inval.
= Olax merguensis Planch. ex Mast.; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 576 (1874)
= Olax multiflora Rich. ex Baill.; Adansonia 3: 121 (1862)
= Olax multiflora Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 34 (1931), nom. illeg.
= Olax phoenicarpa Roxb. ex Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 31 (1845)
= Olax rosea Ridl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 33 (1931)
= Olax seminifera Valeton; Crit. Overz. Olacin. 116 (1886)
= Olax sphaerocarpa Griff.; Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 689 (1854)
= Olax wightiana var. bracteata Mast.; Fl. Brit. India 1: 576 (1875)
= Olax wightiana var. nigrescens Gamble; Fl. Pres. Madras 1: 90 (1915)
= Olax wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. 1: 89 (1834)
= Pseudaleia imbricata (Roxb.) Hassk. ex Valeton; Crit. overz. Olacin. 115 (1886)
= Pseudaleia longistylis Hassk. ex Valeton; Crit. Overz. Olacin.: 115 (1886)
= Ximenia olacoides Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 89 (1834)
variant :
var. membranifolia
Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 44(2): 123 (1876)
Distribution: Nicobar Isl. (Central Nicobar Isl.)
41 NCB
species :
Olax lanceolata
Cavaco & Keraudren; Bull. Soc. Bot. France, cx. 245 (1963)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Olax latifolia
Engl.; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. Nachtr. I. 146 (1897)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 IVO LBR 23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax longifolia Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engl. & Prantl] I. 146 (1897)
= Olax pynaertii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo, Ser. V. 2: 32 (1907)
= Olax tessmannii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43(1-2): 161 (1909)
= Olax zenkeri Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engl. & Prantl] I. 146 (1897)
species :
Olax madagascariensis
(Thouars ex DC.) Valeton; Crit. Verz. Olacin. 120 (1886)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax humbertii Cavaco & Keraudren; Bull. Soc. Bot. France, cii. 119 (1955)
= Olax madagascariensis (Thouars ex DC.) Cavaco; Fl. Madag., Fam. 59, 4 (1956)
= Olax pseudoleia Willd. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steud.] 562 (1821)
= Pseudaleia madagascariensis Thouars ex DC.; Prodr. 1: 533 (1824)
species :
Olax mannii
Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 349 (1868)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; ?Ghana; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 LBR SIE 23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax gilletii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 2: 32 (1907)
= Olax insculpta Hutch.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1917: 231 (1917)
= Olax longiflora Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engl. & Prantl] I. 146 (1897)
= Olax macrocalyx Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engl. & Prantl] I. 146 (1897)
= Olax major Stapf; J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 37: 88 (1905)
species :
Olax mayottensis
Z.S.Rogers, Malécot & Sikes; Adansonia 28(1): 90 (2006)
Distribution: Comores (Mayotte)
29 COM
species :
Olax nana
Wall.; [Cat. 228, n. 6783A, B (1832), nom. nud.] ex Benth. in Tr. Linn. S. 18: 678 (1841)
Distribution: Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab); Nepal; India (Darjeeling, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Kachin, Sagaing); N-Thailand; Vietnam
40 BAN IND NEP PAK 41 MYA THA VIE
species :
Olax obcordata
A.S.George; Fl. Australia 22: 220 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (South Australia: Kangaroo Isl. and southern Eyre Peninsula)
50 AUS
species :
Olax obtusifolia
De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. sér. 4, [1(3): 177 (1903)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; N-Mozambique
25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax andronensis Baker; J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 25: 306 (1889)
species :
Olax pendula
L.S.Sm.; Contr. Queensl. Herb., No. 6, 9 (1969)
Distribution: Australia (W Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, on Cape York Peninsula and on N Great Barrier Reef islands, Queensland)
50 AUS
species :
Olax pentandra
Sleumer; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 208 (1935)
Distribution: SE-Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Olax phyllanthi
(Labill.) R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 358 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: S coast from Walpole to Israelite Bay)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Lopadocalyx phyllanthoides Klotzsch; Lehm. Pl. Preiss. 1: 178 (1844)
= Spermaxyrum phyllanthi Labill.; Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 84, t. 233 (1806)
species :
Olax psittacorum
(Lam.) Vahl; Enum. Pl. 2: 33 (1805)
Distribution: Mauritius; La Réunion; India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (widespread); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Terengganu, Pahang); Java (incl. Kangean, Madura); Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali)
29 MAU REU 40 BAN IND SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Drebbelia subarborescens Zoll.; Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 14: 160 (1857)
= Fissilia disparilis Comm. ex Valeton; Crit. overz. Olac. (1886) 121 in syn.
= Fissilia psittacorum Lam.; Illustr. Gen. 1: 102. t. 28 (1791)
= Olax bador Buch.-Ham.; Wall., Numer. List: no. 6778 (1832), nom. inval.
= Olax breonii Baill.; Adansonia 3: 121 (1862 publ. 1863)
= Olax imbricata var. cambodiana Pierre; Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 269, f. C (1892)
= Olax obtusa Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 131 (1825)
= Olax scandens Roxb.; Pl. Corom. 2: 2. t. 102 (1798)
= Roxburghia baccata J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 1: 163 (1832)
species :
Olax retusa
F.Muell. ex Benth.; Fl. Austral. 1: 392 (1863)
Distribution: Australia (coastal from Bundaberg, Queensland, to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales)
50 AUS
species :
Olax scalariformis
A.S.George; Fl. Australia 22: 220 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: lower Moore River to the Arrowsmith River)
50 AUS
species :
Olax spartea
A.S.George; Fl. Australia 22: 221 (1984)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: SW edge of the Kimberley)
50 AUS
species :
Olax staudtii
(Engl.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43(1-2): 161 (1909)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; ?Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CMN GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax viridis var. staudtii Engl.; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 285 (1899)
species :
Olax stricta
R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 358 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (Blackdown Tableland, Queensland, through New South Wales to E Gippsland, Victoria)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Spermaxyrum strictum (R.Br.) DC.; Prodr. 1: 532 (1824)
species :
Olax subscorpioidea
Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 350 (1868)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; ?Liberia; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Chad
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO NGA SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax chariensis A.Chev.; Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 54 (1913), nom. nud.
= Olax laurentii (De Wild.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43(1-2): 162 (1909)
= Olax schlechteri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43(1-2): 163 (1909)
= Ptychopetalum laurentii De Wild.; Miss. Em. Laurent 1: 231 (1906)
variant :
var. durandii
(Engl.) Michaud
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax durandii Engl.; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. Nachtr. I. 146 (1897)
species :
Olax thouarsii
(DC.) Valeton; Crit. Verz. Olacin. 120 (1886)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax pseudoleioides Willd. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. 1: 562 (1821), nom. nud.
= Pseudaleia thouarsii (DC.) Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 2: 208 (1841)
= Pseudaleioides thouarsii DC.; Prodr. 1: 533 (1824)
species :
Olax triplinervia
Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 349 (1868)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CMN CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Olax autraniana Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1295 (1897)
= Olax denticulata Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engl. & Prantl] I. 146 (1897)
species :
Olax wildemanii
Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. l 63 (1909)
Distribution: ?Congo [Brazzaville]; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Olax zeylanica
L.; Sp. Pl. 34 (1753)
Distribution: Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Kachin, Sagaing)
40 BAN SRL 41 MYA
