''Oliverella'' is a genus of

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s belonging to the family

Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are ''Nuytsia floribunda'' (the W ...

. It is native to Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The genus name of ''Oliverella'' is in honour of Daniel Oliver (1830–1916), an English botanist. He was also Librarian of the Herbarium,

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from 1860–1890 and Keeper there from 1864–1890, and Professor of Botany at

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from 1861–1888. It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.42 on page 259 in 1895.

Known species

According to Kew:

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5552199 Loranthaceae Loranthaceae genera Plants described in 1895 Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa Flora of East Tropical Africa Flora of South Tropical Africa Flora of Botswana