Taxon:  Olea welwitschii (Knobl.) Gilg & G. Schellenb.



Summary
Genus:
Olea
Subgenus:
Olea
Section:
Ligustroides
Family:
Oleaceae
Tribe:
Oleeae
Nomen number:
424951
Place of publication:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51:76.  1915
Verified:
01/29/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mayepea welwitschii Knobl.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Olea capensis L. subsp. welwitschii (Knobl.) Friis & P. S. Green

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Reference(s)
  1. Besnard, G. et al. 2009. Phylogenetics of Olea (Oleaceae) based on plastid and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences: Tertiary climatic shifts and lineage differentiation times. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 104:143-160.
  2. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Olea capensis L.
  3. Friis, I. 1992. Forests and forest trees of Northeast Tropical Africa Note: = Olea capensis subsp. welwitschii (Knobl.) Friis & P. S. Green
  4. Green, P. S. 2002. A revision of Olea L. Kew Bull. 57:110-111.
  5. Hitimana, J. et al. 2010. Disturbance indicators and population decline of logged species in Mt. Elgon Forest, Kenya. African J. Ecol. 48:699-708. Note: = Olea capensis subsp. welwitschii
  6. Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
  7. Muleta, D. et al. 2007. Composition of coffee shade tree species and density of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) spores in Bonga natural coffee forest, southwestern Ethiopia. Forest Ecol. Managem. 241:145-154.
  8. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia possibly
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia (possibly), Zimbabwe
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalshade/shelter Muleta, D. et al. 2007. Composition of coffee shade tree species and density of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) spores in Bonga natural coffee forest, southwestern Ethiopia. Forest Ecol. Managem. 241:145-154.
Materialswood Hitimana, J. et al. 2010. Disturbance indicators and population decline of logged species in Mt. Elgon Forest, Kenya. African J. Ecol. 48:699-708. Note: = Olea capensis subsp. welwitschii
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=424951. Accessed 23 October 2024.