Biology:Oliverella
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Oliverella Tiegh |
Oliverella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.[1]
It is native to Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
The genus name of Oliverella is in honour of Daniel Oliver (1830–1916), an English botanist. He was also Librarian of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1860–1890 and Keeper there from 1864–1890, and Professor of Botany at University College, London from 1861–1888.[2] It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.42 on page 259 in 1895.[1]
Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Tiegh. (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens
- Oliverella hildebrandtii Oliverella bussei
- (Engl.) Tiegh. Oliverella rubroviridis
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Oliverella Tiegh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:25293-1.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q5552199 entry
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