Olivea
Genus of fungi
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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 | |
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O. capituliformis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.