Oleaceae
Olea
Olea europaea

Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. ex G.Don) Cif.

First published in Olivicoltore 19(5): 96 (1942)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Arabian Peninsula to China (Yunnan). It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, China South-Central, Iran, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, West Himalaya, Yemen

Introduced into:

Jawa

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Besnard, G., Hong-Wa, C. & Médail, F. (2024). On the taxonomic subdivision of the brown olive from Africa and Asia through the reinstatement of Olea europaea subsp. africana (Mill.) P.S.Green. Botany Letters 171: 80-83.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Green, P.S. (2006). World Checklist of Oleaceae Manuscript Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1. Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1996). Flora of China 15: 1-387. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Somalia

  • Ciferri in L´Olivicoltore 19(5): 96 (1942)
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1999 Hansen, O.J. [3285] Botswana K000315223 No
Oct 1, 1999 Leach, L.C.; Noel, A.R.A. [183] Botswana K000315222 No
Oct 1, 1999 Chase, N.C. [325] Zimbabwe K000315278 Yes
Oct 1, 1999 Miller, O.B. [B248] Botswana K000315224 No
Oct 1, 1995 Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000233367 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 1, 1995 Forster [s.n.] South Africa K000233366 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [5065] Tanzania K000233171 Type Yes
Abeid, Y.S.; et al. [1805] Tanzania K000449215 No
Aucher-Eloy [4918] Oman Olea aucheri K000978903 Type Yes
Hughes, J. [276] Tanzania Olea chrysophylla K:SPC-17432.000 No
Hughes, J. [279] Tanzania Olea chrysophylla K:SPC-17431.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [4593] Saudi Arabia Olea europaea f. dulcis K000978904 Type Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images