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A 4 page botanical description of this highly diverse family. The author describes several genera and specific species, paying particular attention to taxonomic characteristics. The invasiveness of Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet) is explored in relation to its taxonomic characteristics. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: AM2_PPoliveF.rtf
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Oleaceae family is found throughout the world. Although the family is most often identified with the edible fruit, the olive (Olea europaea) the family includes an incredible diversity of
genera and species. There are, in fact, some six hundred species and twenty four genera dispersed throughout the world (The Olive Oil Source, 2004). Each of these species
are taxonomically and ecologically distinctive. Even the fruits (berries, drupes, capsules or samaras) of the olive family can vary significantly both in their edibility and in their taxonomy.
These distinctions in taxonomy play a role in how a particular species occupies a specific habitat and, sometimes, their potential to invade other habitats.
Oleaceae includes trees and shrubs in the genera Abeliophyllum, Chionanthus, Comoranthus, Fontanesia, Forestiera, Forsythia, Fraxinus, Haenianthus, Hesperelaea, Jasminum, Ligustrum, Linociera, Menodora, Myxopyrum, Nestegis, Noronhia, Notelaea, Nyctanthes, Olea, Osmanthus, Phyllyrea,
Picconia, Schrebera, Syringa Tessarandra (The Olive Oil Source, 2004). Each occupies a specific habitat, habitat ranging from temperate to tropic, and is characterized by specific taxonomy (The Olive
Oil Source, 2004). Oleaceae is taxonomically distinguished from close relatives by a number of taxonomic characteristics. Although there are some
rare exceptions where leaves are whorled or alternate, leaf arrangement is almost always opposite (Ohio State University, 2005). Leaves can be either toothless or toothed and most often the
family is bisexual as opposed to unisexual (Ohio State University, 2005). Flowers are two-parted, small, and occur in panicles or branched clusters (Ohio State University, 2005). Sex organs
typically touch and the superior ovary contains two ovules (Ohio State University, 2005). Typically four-lobed, calyxes can be either absent or present (Ohio State University, 2005). Ohio State
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