Olivea

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]

Olivea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Pucciniomycetes
Order:
Pucciniales
Family:
Chaconiaceae
Genus:
Olivea

Arthur (1917)
Type species
Olivea capituliformis
(Henn.) Arthur (1917)
Species

O. capituliformis
O. colebrookiana
O. fimbriata
O. isonandrae
O. petitiae
O. scitula
O. tectonae
O. viticis

Synonyms[1]

Tegillum Mains (1940)

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.

Species

As accepted by GBIF;[4]

  • Olivea capituliformis (Henn.) Arthur
  • Olivea colebrookeae (Barclay) Thirum. & Yadav
  • Olivea fimbriata (Mains) Cummins & Y.Hirats.
  • Olivea isonandrae Hosag.
  • Olivea petitiae Arthur
  • Olivea scitula Syd.
  • Olivea tectonae (Racib.) Thirum.
  • Olivea viticis Y.Ono & J.F.Hennen

References
  1. "Olivea Arthur 1917". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. "Olivea Arthur". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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