Hoffmannsegg, J.C. von & Link, J.H.F. (1809), Flora Portugaise 1: 62 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Olea L.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 311 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 405-408 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 454 [secondary reference]

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Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 948-950, Fig. 6-21 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Oleaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 273 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Oleaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 280 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Oleaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 570 [secondary reference]

Floyd, A.G. (1989), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia: 271-272 [secondary reference]

Hardin, D.W. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Oleaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 470 [secondary reference]

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Wallander, E. & Albert, V.A. (1 December 2000), Phylogeny and classification of Oleaceae based on rps16 and trnL-F sequence data. American Journal of Botany 87(12): 1827-1841 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Schreberaceae Schnizl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Jasminaceae Juss. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lilacaceae Vent. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Fraxinaceae Vest legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ligustraceae G.Mey. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bolivariaceae Griseb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Forestieraceae Endl. ex Meisn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Syringaceae Horan. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nyctanthaceae J.Agardh legitimate

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 725 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 420 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Nyctanthaceae J.Agardh legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 376 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Oleaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 296-306, Fig. 36 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 136-137 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Schreberaceae Schnizl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Jasminaceae Juss. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lilacaceae Vent. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Fraxinaceae Vest legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ligustraceae G.Mey. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bolivariaceae Griseb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Forestieraceae Endl. ex Meisn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Syringaceae Horan. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nyctanthaceae J.Agardh legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI (native and naturalised), NT, SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (native and naturalised), NI (native and naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 598-599, 937 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 117 [secondary reference]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 25 (photo) [secondary reference]

common name: Olive [n/a]

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