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)

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.
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