Talk:Olea capensis

Olea capensis and Olea laurifolia
Olea laurifolia is no longer recognised as a species, but has been sunk under Olea europaea subsp. africana.

The confusion between Olea laurifolia and Olea capensis subsp macrocarpa came about because there is a description of Olea laurifolia by Sim in 1907 in a publication called ‘Forest Flora of the Cape Colony’ that is based on a specimen of Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa, and the latter was for some time wrongly called Olea laurifolia. The ‘true’ Olea laurifolia described originally by Lamarck is now recognised to be the same as Olea europaea subsp africana.

So I suspect that the trees in the Knysna area that are called Olea laurifolia are just out of date botanically speaking and should be called Olea capensis subsp macrocarpa.

Olea capensis subsp macrocarpa is variable but the leaves are usually elliptic-ovate

Olea europaea subsp africana is also variable, but its leaves are usually narrowly elliptic, usually less than 15mm wide, and the under surface is usually covered in small scales JubaJoubert (talk) 07:25, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

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