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Taxon

Olea capensis L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 8. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
All2subsp. enervis1
Olea capensis ssp enerve--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 273.jpg

Olea capensis ssp enerve--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 273.jpg

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Olea capensis ssp enerve--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 268.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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By Christopher Davidson

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Olea capensis ssp enerve--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 271.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Olea capensis ssp enerve--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 268a.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Olea capensis ssp everve--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 270.jpg

Olea capensis ssp everve--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 270.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Olea capensis--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 039.jpg

Olea capensis--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 039.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Olea capensis--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 041.jpg

Olea capensis--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 041.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Olea capensis--So. Africa. Cape Province. Kirstenbosch Bot. Gard. 19 Nov 02. 040.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Olea capensis

subsp. enervis

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

November 19, 2002

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden | Lydenburg)

-25.315833, 30.495278

Location Remarks

Rhodes Dr., Newlands, Cape Town

Collectors

No collectors specified

Not collected.

March 11, 2005

Identified as

Olea capensis subsp. enervis

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)

-31.006667, 30.177222

Location Remarks

Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Oleaceae

Genus

Olea

Specific Epithet

capensis

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#279,889 of 335,497

Top 84%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →