Notelaea

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Notelaea
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Notelaea longifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Tribe: Oleeae
Subtribe: Oleinae
Genus: Notelaea
Vent.
Synonyms [1]
  • RhysospermumC.F.Gaertn.
  • PostueraRaf.

Notelaea is a genus of Australian plants in the olive family. [2] They are commonly known as 'mock-olives'. Twelve species are currently recognized. [3] [1]

Species

  1. Notelaea ipsviciensis W.K.Harris - Cooneana olive
  2. Notelaea johnsonii P.S.Green - veinless mock-olive
  3. Notelaea ligustrina Vent. - privet mock-olive, native olive, doral or silkwood
  4. Notelaea linearis Benth. - native olive
  5. Notelaea lloydii Guymer - Lloyd's olive
  6. Notelaea longifolia Vent. - large mock-olive, long-leaved olive
  7. Notelaea microcarpa R.Br. - gorge mock-olive, velvet mock-olive, small-fruited mock-olive
  8. Notelaea neglecta P.S.Green
  9. Notelaea ovata R.Br. - forest olive
  10. Notelaea punctata R.Br. - large mock-olive
  11. Notelaea pungens Guymer
  12. Notelaea venosa F.Muell. - large mock-olive, smooth mock-olive

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<i>Notelaea venosa</i> Species of tree

Notelaea venosa is a very common shrub or small tree in eastern Australia. Occurring in or adjacent to rainforest from Lakes Entrance, Victoria to Cunninghams Gap in south eastern Queensland. Common names include veined mock-olive, smooth mock-olive, large-leaved mock-olive and large mock-olive. Often seen in the bushland areas in Sydney.

<i>Notelaea longifolia</i> Species of plant

Notelaea longifolia is a very common shrub or small tree in eastern Australia. Occurring in or adjacent to rainforest from Mimosa Rocks National Park to Bamaga in far north Queensland. Common names include large mock-olive or long-leaved-olive. An attractive ornamental plant.

<i>Notelaea ligustrina</i> Species of tree

Notelaea ligustrina, known as the privet mock olive, native olive, doral or silkwood, is a plant in the olive family, found in south eastern Australia. It is known to grow in and near rainforests south of Monga National Park in New South Wales, and into Victoria and the island state of Tasmania. The specific epithet ligustrina refers to the Privet, which it resembles.

<i>Notelaea microcarpa</i> Species of tree

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<i>Notelaea lloydii</i> Species of tree

Notelaea lloydii, commonly known as Lloyd's olive, is a shrub in the olive family, found in Queensland, Australia. It is listed as "vulnerable" under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

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Venosa may also refer to:

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Large mock-olive is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

Notelaea ipsviciensis, also known as the Cooneana Olive, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family that is endemic to Australia.

Notelaea johnsonii, also known as the veinless mock olive, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family that is endemic to Australia.

Notelaea neglecta is a species of flowering plant in the olive family that is endemic to Australia.

Notelaea linearis, also known as the native olive, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family that is endemic to Australia.

Notelaea punctata, also known as the large mock-olive, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family that is native to eastern Queensland, Australia.

Notelaea pungens is a species of flowering plant in the olive family that is endemic to south-eastern Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Étienne Pierre Ventenat. 1804. Choix de Plantes, dont la Plupart sont Cultivees dans le Jardin de Cels sub t. 25.
  3. "Notelaea". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 30 June 2009.