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Phillyrea
Sign in to savePhillyrea is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, and naturalized in the Canary Islands and Madeira.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyOleaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 87
- With media
- 77
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, NHMUK, O, NY, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Mexico, South Africa, France, Morocco, Croatia, Netherlands, Paraguay, AlgéRie
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Phillyrea is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, and naturalized in the Canary Islands and Madeira.
They are evergreen shrubs or small trees growing to 3–9 m tall, related to Ligustrum, Olea and Osmanthus. The leaves are in opposite pairs, small, leathery, ovate to lanceolate, 2–6 cm long and 0.5–2 cm broad. The flowers are small, greenish-white, produced in short clusters. The fruit is a drupe containing a single seed.
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