Osmanthus fragrans

Osmanthus fragrans

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Osmanthus fragrans is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Oleaceae
Tribus: Oleeae
Subtribus: Oleinae
Genus: Osmanthus
Sectio: O. sect. Osmanthus
Species: Osmanthus fragrans
Varietates: O. f. var. aurantiacus – O. f. var. fragrans

Name

Osmanthus fragrans (Thunb.) Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 29 (1790).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan. Eastern Asia Japan, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, Nepal. Malesia Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Chang, M.C., Chiu, L.C., Wei, Z. & Green, P.S. 1996. Osmanthus fragrans. Pp. 292 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 15: Myrsinaceae through Loganiaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-37-1. efloras Reference page. 

Links

• Lai, Y., Liu, H., Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2019. Osmanthus fragrans. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T147642268A147642270.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Osmanthus fragrans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Osmanthus fragrans. Published online. Accessed: October 17 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Osmanthus fragrans. Accessed: 17 October 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Osmanthus fragrans. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 17. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Süße Duftblüte
English: Fragrant Olive, Sweet Osmanthus, Tea Olive, Sweet Olive
français: Olivier odorant, Olivier de Chine
日本語: モクセイ
한국어: 목서
Türkçe: Kokulu Çay Zeytini
中文: 桂花，木犀

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