This one goes out to all our science fans ... The Taxonomy of the OLIVE!
Did you know Olea europaea, the olive tree, means olea-olive and europaea-Europe?
So Olea europaea is the "olive from Europe." The common name olive comes from the Latin word oliva and the Greek word elaia.
DOMAIN: Eukaryota
Being a part of the Eukaryota olive trees have a true nucleus in their cells. Eurkayotic in Greek means eu-true and karyon-kernel which refers to the nucleus.
KINGDOM: Plantae
This group contains multicellular eukaryotes that perform photosynthesis. Plantae in Latin means plant.
PHYLUM: Anthophyta
This group contains the flowering plants or the angiosperms. The prefix antho- means flower and the suffix -phyta means phylum.
CLASS: Dicotyledones
Being a part of this order means olive trees are dicot flowering plants. This means the seed has two cotyledons, the flower parts come in multiples of 4 and 5, the stem vascular bundles are in ring, there is secondary growth and finally the leaves venation is net-like. The name means di-two and cotyledones are the specific part of the seed.
ORDER: Scrophulariales
Organisms under this order usually lack stipules or "appendages" that are often found at the base of the small stem of the leaf.
FAMILY: Oleaceae
Opposite leaves that can be either simple or compound without outgrowth on either side of the base of the leafstalk characterizes this family.
GENUS: Olea
Members of this group are native to warm regions with a fruit that is considered a drupe. They can be evergreen trees and shrubs and have small opposite leaves.
SPECIES: Olea europaea
This is the European olive tree that produces the olive and is native to the Mediterranean
Where do your 'roots' come from ? Have you explored your family tree ? Its a truly wonderful thing to do, and not quite as technical as the taxonomy of plants ...
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