- Source: Tetrapilus
Tetrapilus is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. It includes 21 species native to south and southeast Asia, ranging from India through Indochina and southern China to Malesia.
Genus Tetrapilus was first described by João de Loureiro in 1790. It was later subsumed into genus Olea as subgenus. A phylogenomic analysis discovered that the species in subgenus Tetrapilus and Olea caudatilimba did not share a most recent common ancestor with the other Olea species (subgenera Olea and Paniculatae), making Olea polyphyletic. These species were transferred to the revived genus Tetrapilus.
Species
21 species are accepted:
Tetrapilus borneensis (Boerl.) de Juana
Tetrapilus brachiatus Lour.
Tetrapilus caudatilimbus (L.C.Chia) de Juana
Tetrapilus cordatulus (H.L.Li) L.A.S.Johnson
Tetrapilus dioicus (Roxb.) L.A.S.Johnson
Tetrapilus gagnepainii (Knobl.) de Juana
Tetrapilus gamblei (C.B.Clarke) de Juana
Tetrapilus hainanensis (H.L.Li) L.A.S.Johnson
Tetrapilus javanicus (Blume) de Juana
Tetrapilus laxiflorus (H.L.Li) L.A.S.Johnson
Tetrapilus moluccensis (Kiew) de Juana
Tetrapilus neriifolius (H.L.Li) de Juana
Tetrapilus palawanensis (Kiew) de Juana
Tetrapilus parvilimbus (Merr. & Chun) de Juana
Tetrapilus polygamus (Wight) L.A.S.Johnson
Tetrapilus roseus (Craib) L.A.S.Johnson
Tetrapilus rubrovenius (Elmer) L.A.S.Johnson
Tetrapilus salicifolius (Wall. ex G.Don) de Juana
Tetrapilus tetragonocladus (L.C.Chia) de Juana
Tetrapilus tsoongii (Merr.) de Juana
Tetrapilus wightianus (Wall. ex G.Don) de Juana