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Oleaceae Hoffmannsegg & Link. Olive Family.

Key to Oleaceae

A family of about 25 genera and 600-615 species, trees and shrubs, nearly cosmopolitan, but centered in Asia. Dong et al. (2022) discussed the complex evolutionary history of genera and tribes within the Oleaceae.

Ref: Dong et al. (2022); Green In Kadereit (2004); Hardin (1974); Li et al. (2020). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Fraxinus caroliniana, Pop Ash Pond, Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve, Lee County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler | Fraxinus caroliniana source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Forestiera source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Chionanthus | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Forsythia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Svetlana Nesterova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Svetlana Nesterova | Ligustrum source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Forestiera pubescens, staminate flowers, San Juan River Valley, San Juan County, Utah 1 by Alan Cressler | Forestiera source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Cartrema | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Chionanthus | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Ligustrum | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Syringa | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Svetlana Nesterova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Svetlana Nesterova | Ligustrum source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Andrew Conboy, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Andrew Conboy | Osmanthus source | Original Image ⭷ Warning: was NOT research grade.
image of plant© Joey Shaw | Forestiera source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Chionanthus virginicus, Stone Mountain, Stone Mountain Park, Dekalb County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler | Chionanthus source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Will Kuhn, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Will Kuhn | Syringa source | Original Image ⭷ Warning: was NOT research grade.
image of plant© Joey Shaw | Chionanthus source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Erik Danielson | Syringa source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Cartrema | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Jasminum | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Jasminum | Original Image ⭷

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