Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea

Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea

Synonymy

    • =Olea europaea subsp. oleaster (Hoffmanns. & Link) Negodi
    • =Olea europaea subsp. sylvestris (Mill.) Hegi
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    Content

    Distribution

    GR(IoI SPi Pe StE EC NC NE NAe WAe Kik KK EAe) 

    Greece (East Aegean islands present; East Central Greece present; Ionian Islands present; Kiklades present; Kriti and Karpathos present; North Aegean islands present; North Central Greece present; North-East Greece present; Peloponnisos present; South Pindos present; Sterea Ellas present; West Aegean islands present)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    Mediterranean

    Life-form

    Phanerophyte

    Habitat

    Xeric Mediterranean Phrygana and grasslands, Woodlands and scrub

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

    Notes

    Includes var. europaea (only cultivated or remnant of abandoned cultivation) and var. sylvestris (Mill.) Lehr (autochthonous, often difficult to distinguish between native and feral occurrences). This is the only subspecies in Mediterranean Europe (several other subspecies in Macaronesia and NW Africa, see Euro+Med 2006-).

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