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Elaeagnus - Oleaster
by Angela Steward & Steven D. Glenn
Not peer reviewed
Last modified: 01/11/2005
Nomenclature
Elaeagnus L., Sp. Pl. 121. 1753. Gen Pl., ed. 5, 57. 1754. (also spelled “Aeleagnus”). Oleaster Heist. ex Fabr., Enum. 214. 1759, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). LECTOTYPE: Elaeagnus angustifolia L. designated by Britton & Brown (1913).
Octarillum Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 65, 90. 1790. TYPE: Octarillum fruticosum Lour.
Key to the species of Elaeagnus
1. Leaves silvery on both sides; twigs often with thorns...2
1. Leaves silvery beneath, soon greenish above; twigs lacking
thorns...3
2. Branches silvery; fruit yellow...Elaeagnus angustifolia
2. Branches brown; fruit
silvery...Elaeagnus
commutata
3. Bracts silvery; fruit subglobose to ovoid on stalks 0.8-1.2
cm long...Elaeagnus
umbellata
3. Bracts brown; fruit ovoid to oblong on stalks 1.2-2.5 cm
long...Elaeagnus
multiflora
List of Elaeagnus Species
- Elaeagnus angustifolia
- Elaeagnus commutata
- Elaeagnus multiflora - excluded species
- Elaeagnus pungens - excluded species
- Elaeagnus umbellata