Editing Olea (section)

==Species==
12 species are currently accepted:<ref name = powo/>
# ''[[Olea capensis]]'' <small>L.</small> – Small Ironwood – Comoros, Madagascar; Africa from South Africa north to Ethiopia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, etc.
# ''[[Olea capitellata]]'' <small>Ridl.</small> – Pahang
# ''[[Olea chimanimani]]'' <small>Kupicha</small> – [[Chimanimani Mountains]] of Mozambique and Zimbabwe
# ''[[Olea europaea]]'' <small>L.</small> – Olive – Mediterranean, Africa, southwestern Asia, Himalayas; naturalized many other places
# ''[[Olea exasperata]]'' <small>Jacq.</small> – South Africa
# ''[[Olea lancea]]'' <small>Lam.</small> – Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues Island
# ''[[Olea luzonica]]'' <small>Kiew </small> – Philippines (Luzon)
# ''[[Olea paniculata]]'' <small>R.Br.</small> – Yunnan, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Kashmir, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu
# ''[[Olea puberula ]]'' <small>Ridl.</small> – Peninsular Malaysia
# ''[[Olea schliebenii]]'' <small>Knobl.</small> – Tanzania 
# ''[[Olea welwitschii]]'' <small>(Knobl.) Gilg & G.Schellenb.</small> – central and eastern Africa from Ethiopia to Zimbabwe
# ''[[Olea woodiana]]'' <small>Knobl.</small> – South Africa, Eswatini, Kenya, Tanzania
 
===Formerly placed here===
*''[[Chionanthus foveolatus]]'' <small>(E.Mey.) Stearn</small> (as ''O. foveolata'' <small>E.Mey.</small>)
*[[Ligustrum compactum|''Ligustrum compactum'' var. ''compactum'']] (as ''O. compacta'' <small>Wall. ex G.Don</small>)
*''[[Nestegis cunninghamii]]'' <small>(Hook.f.) L.A.S.Johnson</small> (as ''O. cunninghamii'' <small>Hook.f.</small>)
*''[[Noronhia emarginata]]'' <small>(Lam.) Thouars</small> (as ''O. emarginata'' <small>Lam.</small>)
*''[[Osmanthus americanus]]'' <small>(L.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex A.Gray</small> (as ''O. americana'' <small>L.</small>)
*''[[Osmanthus heterophyllus]]'' <small>(G. Don) P.S.Green</small> (as ''O. aquifolium'' <small>Siebold & Zucc.</small> or ''O. ilicifolia'' <small>Siebold ex Hassk.</small>)
* ''[[Tetrapilus borneensis]]'' {{small|(Boerl.) de Juana}} (as ''Olea borneensis'' <small>Boerl.</small>)
* ''[[Tetrapilus brachiatus]]'' {{small|Lour.}} (as ''Olea brachiata'' <small>(Lour.) Merr.</small>)
* ''[[Tetrapilus rubrovenius]]'' {{small|(Elmer) L.A.S.Johnson}} (as ''Olea rubrovenia'' <small>(Elmer) Kiew</small>)
* ''[[Tetrapilus tsoongii]]'' {{small|(Merr.) de Juana}} (as ''Olea tsoongii'' <small>(Merr.) P.S.Green</small> and ''Olea yuennanensis'' <small>Hand.-Mazz.</small>)

: List source :<ref name=grin2>{{ cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?8414 |title=Species in GRIN for genus ''Olea'' |author=GRIN |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program |location=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland |access-date=May 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124109/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?8414 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 }}</ref>