''Tetrapilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family,

Oleaceae Oleaceae, also known as the olive family, is a taxonomic family of flowering shrubs, trees, and a few lianas in the order Lamiales, It presently comprises 28 genera, one of which is recently extinct.Peter S. Green. 2004. "Oleaceae". pages 296-30 ...

. It includes 21 species native to south and southeast Asia, ranging from India through Indochina and southern China to

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...

. Genus ''Tetrapilus'' was first described by João de Loureiro in 1790. It was later subsumed into genus ''Olea'' as subgenus. A phylogenomic analysis discovered that the species in subgenus ''Tetrapilus'' and ''Olea caudatilimba'' did not share a most recent common ancestor with the other ''Olea'' species (subgenera ''Olea'' and ''Paniculatae''), making ''Olea'' polyphyletic. These species were transferred to the revived genus ''Tetrapilus''.Dong, W.-P., Sun, J.-H., Liu, Y.-L., Xu, C., Wang, Y.-H., Suo, Z.-L., Zhou, S.-L., Zhang, Z.-X. and Wen, J. (2022), Phylogenomic relationships and species identification of the olive genus Olea (Oleaceae). J. Syst. Evol., 60: 1263-1280. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12802

Species

21 species are accepted: *'' Tetrapilus borneensis'' *'' Tetrapilus brachiatus'' *'' Tetrapilus caudatilimbus'' *'' Tetrapilus cordatulus'' *'' Tetrapilus dioicus'' *'' Tetrapilus gagnepainii'' *'' Tetrapilus gamblei'' *'' Tetrapilus hainanensis'' *''

Tetrapilus javanicus ''Tetrapilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. It includes 21 species native to south and southeast Asia, ranging from India through Indochina and southern China to Malesia. Genus ''Tetrapilus'' was first described ...

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Tetrapilus laxiflorus ''Tetrapilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. It includes 21 species native to south and southeast Asia, ranging from India through Indochina and southern China to Malesia. Genus ''Tetrapilus'' was first described ...

'' *'' Tetrapilus moluccensis'' *'' Tetrapilus neriifolius'' *''

Tetrapilus palawanensis ''Tetrapilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. It includes 21 species native to south and southeast Asia, ranging from India through Indochina and southern China to Malesia. Genus ''Tetrapilus'' was first described ...

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Tetrapilus parvilimbus ''Tetrapilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. It includes 21 species native to south and southeast Asia, ranging from India through Indochina and southern China to Malesia. Genus ''Tetrapilus'' was first described ...

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Tetrapilus polygamus ''Tetrapilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. It includes 21 species native to south and southeast Asia, ranging from India through Indochina and southern China to Malesia. Genus ''Tetrapilus'' was first described ...

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Tetrapilus roseus ''Tetrapilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. It includes 21 species native to south and southeast Asia, ranging from India through Indochina and southern China to Malesia. Genus ''Tetrapilus'' was first described ...

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Tetrapilus rubrovenius ''Tetrapilus rubrovenius'' is a species of flowering plant in the olive family, Oleaceae. It is a tree is native to Borneo and the Philippines. Description ''Tetrapilus rubrovenius'' grows as a shrub or tree, up to tall, with a trunk diameter o ...

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Tetrapilus salicifolius ''Tetrapilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. It includes 21 species native to south and southeast Asia, ranging from India through Indochina and southern China to Malesia. Genus ''Tetrapilus'' was first described ...

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Tetrapilus tetragonocladus ''Tetrapilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. It includes 21 species native to south and southeast Asia, ranging from India through Indochina and southern China to Malesia. Genus ''Tetrapilus'' was first described ...

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Tetrapilus tsoongii ''Tetrapilus tsoongii'' is a species of flowering plant in the olive family, Oleaceae. It is native to southern China, where it grows in the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, and Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked ...

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Tetrapilus wightianus ''Tetrapilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. It includes 21 species native to south and southeast Asia, ranging from India through Indochina and southern China to Malesia. Genus ''Tetrapilus'' was first described ...

References

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