Olacaceae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Santalales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Olacaceae
Genera s.l.: Anacolosa – Aptandra – Brachynema – Cathedra – Chaunochiton – Coula – Curupira – Diogoa – Douradoa – Engomegoma – Erythropalum – Harmandia – Heisteria – Hondurodendron – Keita – Maburea – Malania – Minquartia – Ochanostachys – Octoknema – Olax – Ongokea – Phanerodiscus – Ptychopetalum – Scorodocarpus – Strombosia – Strombosiopsis – Tetrastylidium – Ximenia
Note: This is a view of Olacaceae s.l. sensu APG (2016) & POWO (2026)

Genera s.s.: Dulacia – Olax – Ptychopetalum
Note: This is a view of Olacaceae s.s. sensu Nickrent (2010 & 2019), and Stevens (2021) and Hassler (2026)

Name

Olacaceae R.Br. Narr. Exped. Zaire, 452. (1818) nom. cons.

Type genus: Olax L. Sp. Pl. 1: 34. (1753)

Note: There is still no definitive evidence favouring whether or not this family should be treated in a strictest or widest sense. However, WS tends to follow Nickrent and Stevens.

References

Primary references

Brown, R. 1818. Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire 452.

Additional references

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2016. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12385 Reference page.
Nickrent, D.L., Malécot, V., Vidal-Russell, R. & Der, J.P. 2010. A revised classification of Santalales. Taxon 59(2): 538–558. DOI: 10.1002/tax.592019 JSTOR PDF. Reference page.
Nickrent, D.L., Anderson, F. & Kuijt, J. 2019. Inflorescence evolution in Santalales: integrating morphological characters and molecular phylogenetics. American Journal of Botany 106(3): 402-414. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1250 PDF Reference page.
Nickrent, D.L. 2022. The Parasitic Plant Connection, Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Available on line [1]. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Olacaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 July 10. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2026. Olacaceae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2026. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2026 July 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Olacaceae. Published online. Accessed: July 13 2026. Reference page.
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Olacaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jan. 2014. Reference page.

Vernacular names

中文: 铁青树科