Olea chimanimani

Olea chimanimani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Olea
Species: O. chimanimani
Binomial name
Olea chimanimani
Kupicha[2]

Olea chimanimani is an olive shrub or small tree, growing 2–3 meters tall, in the family Oleaceae. It is found only in the Chimanimani mountains (whence its name), which lay on the border dividing Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Confined only to a relatively small (600 km²) area, it is locally common, growing in scrub vegetation among quartzite cliffs.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Assessors: World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Olea chimanimani in IUCN 2010". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  2.  The name Olea chimanimani was originally published in Kew Bulletin. Kew, England 34(1): 71 (1979). "Plant Name Details for Olea chimanimani" Check |url= value (help). IPNI. Retrieved May 20, 2011. Notes: Rhodesia, Mozambique
  3. F. K. Kupicha (1983). "Oleaceae: Olea chimanimani". Flora Zambesiaca (eFloras, through the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew website) 7: part:1. Retrieved May 20, 2011.


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