Olivea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
Order: | Pucciniales |
Family: | Chaconiaceae |
Genus: |
Olivea Arthur (1917) |
Type species | |
Olivea capituliformis (Henn.) Arthur (1917) |
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Species | |
O. capituliformis |
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Synonyms | |
Tegillum Mains (1940) |
O. capituliformis
O. colebrookiana
O. fimbriata
O. isonandrae
O. petitiae
O. scitula
O. tectonae
O. viticis
Tegillum Mains (1940)
Olivea is a genus of rust fungi in the Chaconiaceae family. The widespread genus contains eight species that grow on dicots, especially the tropical flowering plant family Verbenaceae.