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

First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(1): 1129 (1909)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical & S. Africa, Comoros, Madagascar. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Ethiopia, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • 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.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Green, P.S. (2006). World Checklist of Oleaceae Manuscript Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 10, 2010 Bingham [13688] Zambia K000545694 No
Nov 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13619] Cameroon K000580121 No
Nov 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13657] Cameroon K000580120 No
Jan 1, 2003 Ryan, P. [404] Cameroon K000198134 No
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1651] Cameroon K:SPC-76181.000 No
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1651] Cameroon K000050294 No
May 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2906] Cameroon K000050295 No
May 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [8595] Cameroon K000338690 No
Oct 1, 1999 Lightbody, J.S. [FHI 26315] Cameroon K000028015 No
Oct 1, 1999 Lightbody, J.S. [FHI 26283] Cameroon K000028014 No
Oct 1, 1999 Michelson, A. [1195] Cameroon K000028011 No
Oct 1, 1999 Schimper [871] Ethiopia K000233172 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1954 Greenfell, A.H. [869] South Africa K000233359 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1954 Woodbush, D.F.O. [4329] South Africa K000233360 Type Yes
Maitland, T.D. [498] Cameroon K000028013 Unknown Type Material Yes
Patel, H. [7278] Mozambique K000545232 No
Badré, F. [2073] Madagascar K001612660 Yes
Baron, R. [6410] Madagascar K000233368 Isosyntype Yes
Timberlake, J. [5173] Mozambique K000613553 No
Razantsoa, J.; Bernard, R.; Rado; Nandrasana [606] Madagascar Olea madagascariensis K001907464 No
Rakotonasolo, F. [RNF 108] Madagascar Olea madagascariensis K001872037 Yes
Mndolwa [69] Tanzania Olea hochstetteri K001872381 Yes
Hughes, J. [228] Tanzania Olea hochstetteri K:SPC-07025.000 No
Richmond, P.C. [4] Tanzania Olea hochstetteri K:SPC-00992.000 No
Thaitanga, T. [417] Kenya Olea hochstetteri K:SPC-03385.000 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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