Oleaceae
A family of some 29 genera and 600 species of trees, shrubs and climbers from around the world, but especially Asia and Malesia. [FNSW]. The family contains a large number of ornamental garden plants and at least one species of great economic importance, the Olive. Represented in the Hortus by a wide range of ornamentals and by Olives.
Plants in this Family
- Syringa x persica L. var. alba
- Syringa vulgaris L.
- Phillyrea media L.
- Phillyrea latifolia L.
- Osmanthus americanus Benth. & Hook.f
- Olea europaea L.
- Olea capensis L.
- Ligustrum vulgare L.
- Ligustrum lucidum Ait.
- Ligustrum japonicum Thunb.
- Jasminum volubile Jacq.
- Jasminum species unidentified
- Jasminum sambac ‘Grand Duke of Tuscany’
- Jasminum rigidum Zenk.
- Jasminum pubescens Willd.
- Jasminum officinale L. var. grandiflorum Kab.
- Jasminum officinale L.
- Jasminum odoratissimum L.
- Jasminum nudiflorum Lindl.
- Jasminum humile L.
- Jasminum glaucum Vahl.
- Jasminum fruticans L.
- Jasminum didymum G.Forst. subsp. lineare (R.Br.) P.Green
- Jasminum didymum G.Forst. subsp. didymum
- Jasminum bidwillii Vis.
- Fraxinus ornus L.
- Fraxinus excelsior L.
- Forsythia viridissima Lindl.
- Chionanthus virginicus L.