Belongs within: Astereae.
Olearia, tree daisies, is a genus of composite-flowered trees and shrubs found in Australasia (Allan 1961). Leaves are glabrous and usually viscid, sometimes with immersed glands, in members of section Adenotricha (Black & Robertson 1965).
Characters (from Allan 1961): Shrubs or trees with alternate or opposite leaves, these mainly tomentose below. Capitula small to large, solitary, or inflorescence variously compound; receptacle alveolate, flat or convex; phyllaries imbricate in several series, margins dry or scarious. Ray-florets, if present, ligulate to filiform, pistillate; disk-florets perfect, tubular. Anther-cells usually acute at base; style-arms of disk-florets flattened, with short obtuse or acute unreceptive tips. Achenes ribbed or striate, usually pubescent to pilose; pappus of unequal barbellate bristles, often slightly thickened at tips.
<==Olearia Moench 1802 (nom. cons.) [incl. Shawia Forster & Forster 1776 (nom. rej.)]BR65
|--O. sect. AdenotrichaBR65
| |--O. calcareaBR65
| |--O. decurrensBR65
| |--O. glandulosaBR65
| |--O. hookeri (Sonder) Bentham 1852BR65
| |--O. magnifloraBR65
| |--O. muelleriBR65
| |--O. passerinoides Bentham 1851 (see below for synonymy)BR65
| `--O. teretifoliaBR65
|--O. sect. DicerotrichaBR65
| |--O. erubescens (Candolle) Dippel 1889 [=Eurybia erubescens, O. myrsinoides var. erubescens]BR65
| |--O. grandiflora [incl. Aster sonderi]BR65
| `--O. pannosaBR65
|--O. sect. EriotrichaBR65
| |--O. arida Pritzel 1918BR65
| |--O. axillarisBR65
| |--O. exiguifoliaBR65
| |--O. floribunda [=Eurybia floribunda Hooker 1847; incl. Aster florulentus von Mueller 1865]BR65
| |--O. lepidophylla (see below for synonymy)BR65
| |--O. microdiscaBR65
| |--O. pimeleoidesBR65
| | |--O. p. var. pimeleoidesBR65
| | `--O. p. var. minor non O. insignis var. minor Cheeseman 1916BR65
| |--O. ramulosa (see below for synonymy)BR65
| | |--O. r. var. ramulosaB96
| | `--O. r. var. communisB96
| |--O. subspicata [=Eurybia subspicata Hooker 1848; incl. Aster mitchellii von Mueller 1865]BR65
| `--O. tubulifloraBR65
`--O. sect. MerismotrichaBR65
|--O. ciliata (Bentham) von Mueller 1865 [=Eurybia ciliata Bentham 1837; incl. Aster huegelii von Mueller 1865]BR65
| |--O. c. var. ciliataBR65
| `--O. c. var. squamifoliaBR65
|--O. ferresiiBR65
|--O. picridifoliaBR65
|--O. rudis [=Eurybia rudis Bentham 1837; incl. Aster exul Lindley 1839, E. scabra Bentham 1837]BR65
| |--O. r. var. rudisBR65
| `--O. r. var. glabriusculaBR65
`--O. stuartii von Mueller 1865 [=Eurybia stuartii von Mueller 1859; incl. Aster megalodontus von Mueller 1874]BR65
Olearia incertae sedis:
*O. tomentosaA61
O. albida Hooker 1864 [=Eurybia albida Hooker 1853]A61
|--O. a. var. albidaA61
`--O. a. var. angulata (Kirk) Allan 1961 [=O. angulata Kirk 1881]A61
O. allomii Kirk 1871A61
O. angustifolia Hooker 1853A61
O. arborescens (Forster) Cockayne & Laing 1911A61 (see below for synonymy)
O. argophyllaWB-P93
O. argutaLK14
|--O. a. var. argutaLK14
`--O. a. var. lanataLK14
O. asterotrichaBR65
O. avicenniaefolia (Raoul) Hooker 1864 (see below for synonymy)A61
O. buchananii Kirk 1899A61
O. bullata Wilson & Garnock-Jones 1992D95
O. capillaris Buchan. 1871A61 (see below for synonymy)
O. cassiniaeW89
O. chathamica Kirk 1891 [incl. O. chathamica var. dendyi Cockayne 1902]A61
O. cheesemanii Cockayne & Allan 1926 (see below for synonymy)A61
O. chrysophyllaC08
O. colensoi Hooker 1853A61 [=Eurybia colensoiC06]
|--O. c. var. colensoiA61
|--O. c. var. argentea Allan 1961A61
`--O. c. var. grandis Simpson 1945A61
O. coriacea Kirk 1899A61
O. crosby-smithiana Petrie 1911A61
O. dampieriKM08
|--O. d. ssp. dampieriG04b
`--O. d. ssp. eremicolaG04b
O. elaeophilaGK00
O. × excorticata Buchanan 1874 [O. arborescens × O. lacunosa]A61
O. fragrantissima Petrie 1891A61
O. furfuracea (Rich.) Hooker 1864 (see below for synonymy)A61
|--O. f. var. furfuraceaA61
|--O. f. var. angustata Kirk 1899 [incl. O. f. var. a. subvar. dubia Kirk 1899]A61
`--O. f. var. rubicunda Kirk 1899A61
O. glutinosaBR65
O. × haastii Hooker 1864 [O. avicenniaefolia × O. moschata]A61
O. hectori Hooker 1864A61
O. humilisG04a
O. ilicifolia Hooker 1864 (see below for synonymy)A61
O. lacunosa Hooker 1867 [incl. O. alpina Buchanan 1887]A61
O. lirataWB-P93
O. lyallii Hooker 1853A61 [=Eurybia lyalliiC06]
O. macrodonta Baker 1884 [incl. Eurybia dentata var. oblongifolia Hooker 1853]A61
O. microphylla [=Aster microphyllus Ventenat 1804, O. ramulosa var. microphylla]BR65
O. × mollis (Kirk) Cockayne 1911 [=O. ilicifolia var. mollis Kirk 1899; O. ilicifolia × O. lacunosa]A61
O. moschata Hooker 1864A61
O. muricataKM08
O. nummularifolia Hooker 1864 [=Eurybia nummularifolia Hooker 1853; incl. O. hillii Colenso 1888]A61
|--O. n. var. nummularifoliaA61
`--O. n. var. cymbifolia Hooker 1867 [=O. cymbifolia (Hooker) Cheeseman 1907]A61
O. occidentissimaKM08
O. odorata Petrie 1891A61
O. × oleifolia Kirk 1879 [O. avicenniaefolia × O. odorata; incl. O. wilcoxii Petrie 1913]A61
O. oporina (Forster) Hooker 1853A61 (see below for synonymy)
O. pachyphylla Cheeseman 1910A61
O. paniculata (Forster & Forster) Druce 1917A61 (see below for synonymy)
O. paucidentataGK00
O. phlogopappaKC83
O. polita Wilson & Garnock-Jones 1992D95
O. ramosissimaG04b
O. rani (Cunn.) Druce 1917A61 (see below for synonymy)
O. semidentata Decaisne 1846N88 (see below for synonymy)
O. solandri Hooker 1864 [=Eurybia solandri Hooker 1853]A61
O. stellulataBR65
O. × suavis Cheeseman 1892 [O. arborescens × O. lacunosa]A61
O. thomsonii Cheeseman 1925A61
O. townsonii Cheeseman 1925A61
O. × traillii Kirk 1884 [O. angustifolia × O. colensoi var. grandis]A61
O. traversii (Muell.) Hooker 1867 [=Eurybia traversii Muell. 1864]A61
O. virgata Hooker 1864 (see below for synonymy)A61
|--O. v. var. virgataA61
|--O. v. var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan 1961A61 (see below for synonymy)
|--O. v. var. implicita Simpson 1945A61
|--O. v. var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan 1961 [=O. laxiflora Kirk 1899]A61
|--O. v. var. lineata Kirk 1899 [=O. lineata (Kirk) Cockayne 1911]A61
|--O. v. var. ramuliflora (Colenso) Kirk 1899 [=O. ramuliflora Colenso 1890]A61
|--O. v. var. rugosa Simpson 1945A61
`--O. v. var. serpentina (Simpson) Allan 1961 [=O. serpentina Simpson 1945]A61
O. xerophilaEF04
Olearia arborescens (Forster) Cockayne & Laing 1911A61 [=Solidago arborescens Forster 1786A61, Shawia arborescens Raoul 1846A61, Steiractis arborescens DC. 1836A61; incl. Eurybia alpina Lindl. & Paxt. 1851A61, Olearia arborescens var. cordatifolia Kirk 1899A61, O. nitida var. cordatifoliaC06, O. erythropappa Colenso 1890A61, O. multiflora Colenso 1895A61, O. nitida Hooker 1864A61, O. populifolia Colenso 1885A61, O. suborbiculata Colenso 1886A61]
Olearia avicenniaefolia (Raoul) Hooker 1864 [=Shawia avicenniaefolia Raoul 1846, Eurybia avicenniaefolia Hooker 1853]A61
Olearia capillaris Buchan. 1871A61 [=O. arborescens var. capillaris (Buchan.) Kirk 1899A61, O. nitida var. capillarisC06]
Olearia cheesemanii Cockayne & Allan 1926 [=O. nitida var. angustifolia Cheeseman 1906 non O. angustifolia Hooker 1853, O. arborescens var. angustifolia Cheeseman 1925]A61
Olearia furfuracea (Rich.) Hooker 1864 [=Aster furfuraceus Rich. 1832, Eurybia furfuracea DC. 1836, Haxtonia furfuracea Cunn. 1839, Shawia furfuracea Raoul 1846]A61
Olearia ilicifolia Hooker 1864 [incl. Eurybia dentata var. linearifolia Hooker 1853, O. multibracteolata Colenso 1885]A61
Olearia lepidophylla [=Aster lepidophyllus Persoon 1807; incl. A. microphyllus Labillardière 1806 non Ventenat 1804]BR65
Olearia oporina (Forster) Hooker 1853A61 [=Arnica oporina Forster 1786A61, Eurybia operinaC06, Olearia operinaA61; incl. O. oporina var. robusta Kirk 1899A61]
Olearia paniculata (Forster & Forster) Druce 1917A61 [=Shawia paniculata Forster & Forster 1776A61; incl. O. paniculata var. elliptica Kirk 1899A61, O. forsteri var. ellipticaC06, Eurybia forsteri Hooker 1853A61, O. forsteri Hooker 1864A61, O. paniculata var. obtusa Kirk 1899A61, O. uniflora Colenso 1888C06, O. paniculata var. viscosa Simpson 1945A61]
Olearia passerinoides Bentham 1851 [incl. Eurybia glutescens Sonder 1852, Aster glutescens (Sonder) von Mueller 1865, Olearia toppii Ewart & White 1908]BR65
Olearia ramulosa [=Aster ramulosus Labillardière 1806; incl. O. exilifolia, O. revoluta var. minor nec O. insignis var. minor Cheeseman 1916 nec O. pimeleoides var. minor, O. revoluta]BR65
Olearia rani (Cunn.) Druce 1917A61 [=Brachyglottis rani Cunn. 1839A61; incl. O. colorata Colenso 1880A61, O. cunninghamii var. colorataC06, O. rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk 1899A61, Eurybia cunninghamii Hooker 1853A61, O. cunninghamii Hooker 1864A61, O. rani var. minuta Kirk 1899A61]
Olearia semidentata Decaisne 1846N88 [=Eurybia semidentata Muell. 1864A61; incl. O. semidentata var. albiflora Dorrien Smith 1910A61]
Olearia virgata Hooker 1864 [=Eurybia virgata Hooker 1853; incl. O. aggregata Colenso 1896, O. consimilis Colenso 1896, O. fasciculifolia Colenso 1893, O. parvifolia Colenso 1896, O. quinquefida Colenso 1896]A61
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan 1961A61 [=O. divaricata Cockayne 1909A61; incl. O. macphersoni Cockayne 1925CA27]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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