Oliverella

Oliverella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Loranthaceae
Genus:	Oliverella ; Tiegh

Last updated November 07, 2021

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.

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References

1 2 3 4 "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.

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[POWO-1] 1 2 3 4 "Oliverella Tiegh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

[2] 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.

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