{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{For|the restaurant|Olivea Farm to Table}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Olivea | authority = Arthur (1917) | type_species = ''Olivea capituliformis'' | type_species_authority = (Henn.) Arthur (1917) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''O. capituliformis''<br /> ''O. colebrookiana''<br /> ''O. fimbriata''<br /> ''O. isonandrae''<br /> ''O. petitiae''<br /> ''O. scitula''<br /> ''O. tectonae''<br /> ''O. viticis'' | synonyms_ref = <ref name="urlMycoBank: Olivea"/> | synonyms = ''Tegillum'' <small>Mains (1940)</small> }}
'''''Olivea''''' is a genus of rust fungi in the family Chaconiaceae. The widespread genus contains eight species that grow on dicots, especially the tropical flowering plant family ''Verbenaceae''.<ref name=Kirk2008/>
The genus name of ''Olivea'' is in honour of Edgar William Olive (1870-1971), who was an American botanist (Algology and Mycology) who was a Professor of Botany at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>
The genus was circumscribed by Joseph Charles Arthur in Mycologia vol.9 on page 62 in 1917.
==Species== As accepted by GBIF;<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=''Olivea'' Arthur |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2517432 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=31 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Olivea capituliformis'' {{small|(Henn.) Arthur}} * ''Olivea colebrookeae'' {{small|(Barclay) Thirum. & Yadav}} * ''Olivea fimbriata'' {{small|(Mains) Cummins & Y.Hirats.}} * ''Olivea isonandrae'' {{small|Hosag.}} * ''Olivea petitiae'' {{small|Arthur}} * ''Olivea scitula'' {{small|Syd.}} * ''Olivea tectonae'' {{small|(Racib.) Thirum.}} * ''Olivea viticis'' {{small|Y.Ono & J.F.Hennen}}
== References == {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=Kirk2008>{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=480 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>
<ref name="urlMycoBank: Olivea">{{cite web |title=''Olivea'' Arthur 1917 |url=http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=16242 |work=MycoBank |publisher=International Mycological Association |access-date=2011-07-11}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IndexFungorum|16242}}
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