Oliverella

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Loranthaceae
Tribus: Lorantheae
Subtribus: Emelianthinae
Genus: Oliverella
Species: O. bussei – O. hildebrandtii – O. rubroviridis – O. sacleuxii
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Oliverella in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 25. Reference page.

Name

Oliverella Tiegh., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 259. (1895)

Type species: Oliverella rubroviridis Tiegh, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 259. (1895)

Synonyms
Homonyms

Oliverella Rose, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 2. (1903) nom. illeg. hom. vide Echeveria DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 401. (1828)

References

Tieghem, P. van. 1895. Sur Le Groupement Des Espèces En Genres Dans Les Loranthées A Calice Gamosépale Et Anthères Basifixes Ou Dendrophihdées. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42(3): 241–272. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1895.10830595 PDF. Reference page. (p.259)
Hassler, M. 2018. Oliverella. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Oliverella. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 2 2018.
Tropicos.org 2018. Oliverella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 2.
Flora of Zimbabweː Oliverella rubroviridis. Accessed March 3, 2018.

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]

Oliverella bussei (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens
Oliverella hildebrandtii (Engl.) Tiegh.
Oliverella rubroviridis Tiegh.

References

"Oliverella Tiegh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.