Taxon: Elaeagnus angustifolia L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CO*, CT*, NM*, WY°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Link to species profile at

Common names:

• oleaster   (Source: F USSR ) – English
  
• Russian-olive   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• trebizond-date   (Source: Pl Book ) – English
  
• sha zao   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• chalef   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• olivier de Bohême   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• schmalblättrige Ölweide   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• árvore-do-paraíso   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• loch uzkolistvennyj   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• árbol del paraíso   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• olivo de Bohemia   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• panjino   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• smalbladig silverbuske   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Bee plants: honey production   (fide F USSR)
  
• Environmental: erosion control   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Environmental: revegetator   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Human food: beverage base   (fide F USSR)
  
• Human food: fruit   (fide F USSR)
  
• Fuels: fuelwood   (fide F USSR)
  
• Materials: gum/resin   (fide F USSR)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide F USSR)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

More:

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  China: China - Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [n.w.]; Pakistan [n.e.]
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Belarus; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part

• EUROPE
  Europe [natzd. elsewhere]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada [s.-c.]
  United States

• also cultivated

References:

• Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255–267.
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). [cultivated].
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Sun, M. & Q. Lin. 2010. A revision of Elaeagnus L. (Elaeagnaceae) in mainland China. J. Syst. Evol. 48:380–381.
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Elaeagnus angustifolia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Elaeagnus angustifolia.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Elaeagnus angustifolia.

Synonyms:

• (=) Elaeagnus angustifolia var. orientalis (L.) Kuntze
  
• (=) Elaeagnus hortensis M. Bieb.
  
• (=) Elaeagnus moorcroftii Wall. ex Schltdl.
  
• (=) Elaeagnus orientalis L.
  

Check other web resources for Elaeagnus angustifolia L.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Elaeagnus angustifolia cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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