Olea

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q296910
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Olea

Summary

Olea is a taxon[1]. Olea ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (344 views/month, #1,516 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Olea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Olea is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Olea is classified within Oleaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Olea is Olea[6].
  • Olea is a type of tree[7].
  • Olea's Commons category is recorded as Olea[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Olea is Olea europaea[9].
  • Olea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Olea[10].
  • Olea's Commons gallery is recorded as Olea[11].
  • Olea's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12].
  • Olea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Olea's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Olea's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15].
  • Olea's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16].
  • Olea's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • Olea's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 61[18].
  • Olea's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[19].
  • Olea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=8414[20].
  • Olea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'olive'}[21].
  • Olea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '木犀榄属'}[22].
  • Olea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '木樨榄属'}[23].
  • Olea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '木犀榄属'}[24].
  • Olea is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'oljka'}[25].
  • Olea's different from is recorded as Olea[26].
  • Olea's has fruit type is recorded as drupe[27].

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Classification

Olea's scientific name is Olea[6]. Olea is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Olea is classified within Oleaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Olea is Olea europaea[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'olive'}[21], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '木犀榄属'}[22], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '木樨榄属'}[23], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '木犀榄属'}[24], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'oljka'}[25].

Identifiers

Olea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57145[28]. Olea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4145[29]. Olea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 58239[30]. Olea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3172244[31]. Olea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 32989[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Olea include 9242 Olea[33], an asteroid[34].

Why It Matters

Olea ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (344 views/month, #1,516 of 195,241).[2] Olea has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Olea is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Olea include 9242 Olea[33], an asteroid[34].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 61. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Oleaceae
    Subclass of
    Taxonomic type Olea europaea
    Homonymous taxon Olea
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37019|batch #37019]]: add Reflora ID (P10701)"
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