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Genus: | Olivea Arthur (1917) |
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Olivea capituliformis (Henn.) Arthur (1917) | |
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O. capituliformis Contents | |
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Tegillum Mains (1940) |
Olivea is a genus of rust fungi in the family Chaconiaceae. The widespread genus contains eight species that grow on dicots, especially the tropical flowering plant family Verbenaceae . [2]
The genus name of Olivea is in honour of Edgar William Olive (1870-1971), who was an American botanist (Algology and Mycology) who was a Professor of Botany at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University. [3]
The genus was circumscribed by Joseph Charles Arthur in Mycologia vol.9 on page 62 in 1917.
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