Oleaceae
Olea
Olea capensis

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

Publications

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.
  • 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. [13657], Cameroon K000580120 No
Nov 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13619], Cameroon K000580121 No
Jan 1, 2003 Ryan, P. [404], Cameroon K000198134 No
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1651], Cameroon K000050294 No
May 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2906], Cameroon K000050295 No
May 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1651], Cameroon 76181.000 No
May 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [8595], Cameroon K000338690 No
Oct 1, 1999 Schimper [871], Ethiopia K000233172 Unknown type material Yes
Oct 1, 1999 Lightbody, J.S. [FHI 26283], Cameroon K000028014 No
Oct 1, 1999 Lightbody, J.S. [FHI 26315], Cameroon K000028015 No
Oct 1, 1999 Michelson, A. [1195], Cameroon K000028011 No
Sep 1, 1954 Greenfell, A.H. [869], South Africa K000233359 Unknown type material Yes
Jul 1, 1954 Woodbush, D.F.O. [4329], South Africa K000233360 Unknown type material Yes
Baron, R. [6410], Madagascar K000233368 isosyntype Yes
Maitland, T.D. [498], Cameroon K000028013 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5173], Mozambique K000613553 No
Patel, H. [7278], Mozambique K000545232 No
Thaitanga, T. [417], Kenya Olea hochstetteri 3385.000 No
Hughes, J. [228], Tanzania Olea hochstetteri 7025.000 No
Richmond, P.C. [4], Tanzania Olea hochstetteri 992.000 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

    • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0