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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Oleaceae
| image = Olive-tree-fruit-august-0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = [[Olive]] (''Olea europaea'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Asteridae]]
| unranked_ordo = [[Euasterids I]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = '''Oleaceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg|Hoffmannsegg]] & [[Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Genera]]
| subdivision =
24 living, 1 recently [[extinct]]; see text
}}
'''Oleaceae''', the olives and relatives, is a [[plant]] [[family (biology)|family]] containing 24 extant [[genera]] of [[woody plants]] (and one recently [[extinct]]), including [[shrub]]s, [[tree]]s and [[vine]]s. They are characterised by opposite leaves that may be simple or pinnately-compound. The [[calyx]] and [[corolla]] are four-lobed.
Many members of the family are economically significant. The [[olive]] proper (''Olea europaea'') is extremely important for its [[fruit]] and the [[Vegetable oil|oil]] extracted from it. The [[ash tree|ashes]], genus ''Fraxinus'', are valued for their tough [[wood]], and [[forsythia]], [[lilac]]s, [[jasmine]]s, [[privet]]s, and [[fringetree]]s are all valued as [[landscaping]] plants.
==Genera==
*''[[Abeliophyllum]]'' – White Forsythia
*''[[Chionanthus]]'' – fringetrees
*''[[Comoranthus]]''
*''[[Dimetra (plant)|Dimetra]]''
*''[[Fontanesia]]''
*''[[Forestieria]]'' – swamp-privets
*''[[Forsythia]]'' – forsythias
*''[[Fraxinus]]'' – ash trees
*''[[Haenianthus]]''
*''[[Hesperelaea]]'' ([[extinct]])
*''[[Jasminum]]'' – jasmines
*''[[Ligustrum]]'' – privets
*''[[Menodora]]''
*''[[Myxopyrum]]''
*''[[Nestegis]]''
*''[[Noronhia]]''
*''[[Notelaea]]''
*''[[Nyctanthes]]''
*''[[Olea]]'' – olive trees
*''[[Osmanthus]]'' – osmanthus
*''[[Phillyrea]]'' – mock-privets
*''[[Picconia]]''
*''[[Priogymnanthus]]''
*''[[Schrebera]]''
*''[[Syringa]]'' – lilacs
{{commonscat}}
{{Lamiales-stub}}
[[Category:Plant families]]
[[Category:Oleaceae|*]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Oleaceae
| image = Olive-tree-fruit-august-0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = [[Olive]] (''Olea europaea'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Asteridae]]
| unranked_ordo = [[Euasterids I]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = '''Oleaceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg|Hoffmannsegg]] & [[Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Genera]]
| subdivision =
24 living, 1 recently [[extinct]]; see text
}}
'''Oleaceae''', the olives and relatives, is a [[plant]] [[family (biology)|family]] containing 24 extant [[genera]] of [[woody plants]] (and one recently [[extinct]]), including [[shrub]]s, [[tree]]s and [[vine]]s. They are characterised by opposite leaves that may be simple or pinnately-compound. The [[calyx]] and [[corolla]] are four-lobed.
Many members of the family are economically significant. The [[olive]] proper (''Olea europaea'') is extremely important for its [[fruit]] and the [[Vegetable oil|oil]] extracted from it. The [[ash tree|ashes]], genus ''Fraxinus'', are valued for their tough [[wood]], and [[forsythia]], [[lilac]]s, [[jasmine]]s, [[privet]]s, and [[fringetree]]s are all valued as [[landscaping]] plants.
==Genera==
*''[[Abeliophyllum]]'' – White Forsythia
*''[[Chionanthus]]'' – fringetrees
*''[[Comoranthus]]''
*''[[Dimetra (plant)|Dimetra]]''
*''[[Fontanesia]]''
*''[[Forestieria]]'' – swamp-privets
*''[[Forsythia]]'' – forsythias
*''[[Fraxinus]]'' – ash trees
*''[[Haenianthus]]''
*''[[Hesperelaea]]'' ([[extinct]])
*''[[Jasminum]]'' – jasmines
*''[[Ligustrum]]'' – privets
*''[[Menodora]]''
*''[[Myxopyrum]]''
*''[[Nestegis]]''
*''[[Noronhia]]''
*''[[Notelaea]]''
*''[[Nyctanthes]]''
*''[[Olea]]'' – olive trees
*''[[Osmanthus]]'' – osmanthus
*''[[Phillyrea]]'' – mock-privets
*''[[Picconia]]''
*''[[Priogymnanthus]]''
*''[[Schrebera]]''
*''[[Syringa]]'' – lilacs
{{commonscat}}
{{Lamiales-stub}}
[[Category:Plant families]]
[[Category:Oleaceae|*]]