Syringa

Syringa vulgaris 'Mme Francisque More'

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Oleaceae
Tribus: Oleeae
Subtribus: Ligustrinae
Genus:
Subgenera: S. subg. Ligustrina – S. subg. Syringa
Species: S. emodi – S. josikaea – S. komarowii – S. oblata – S. persica – S. pinetorum – S. pinnatifolia – S. pubescens – S. reticulata – S. tomentella – S. villosa – S. vulgaris
Nothospecies: S. × chinensis – S. × clarkiana – S. × henryi – S. × hyacinthiflora – S. × josiflexa – S. × laciniata – S. × lemoineiana – S. × nanceiana – S. × pringleiana – S. × quatrobrida – S. × swegiflexa – S. × sweginbretta – S. × swegitella – S. × tribrida
Chimerae: S. + correlata

Name

Syringa L., Sp. Pl. 1: 9 (1753).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Lilac Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754).
    • Liliacum P.Renault, Fl. Orne: 100 (1800).
    • Busbeckia Hécart, Bosquets Agrem.: 94 (1808), nom. inval.
    • Ligustrina Rupr., Beitr. Pflanzenk. Russ. Reiches 11: 55 (1859).

Homonyms

  • Syringa Tourn. ex Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 244 (1763) vide Philadelphus L., Sp. Pl.: 470 (1753).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regional: Northern Europe
      • Great Britain, Ireland (introduced).
    • Regional: Middle Europe
      • Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland (introduced).
    • Regional: Southwestern Europe
      • France, Spain (introduced).
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Albania (introduced), Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (introduced), Romania, Yugoslavia.
    • Regional: Eastern Europe
      • Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia (introduced), Ukraine.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Russian Far East
      • Amur, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye.
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Afghanistan.
    • Regional: China
      • China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet.
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Korea.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
  • Continental: Northern America (introduced)
    • Regional: Western Canada
      • British Columbia, Saskatchewan.
    • Regional: Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec.
    • Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado.
    • Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
      • Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
    • Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona, Utah.
    • Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico.
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Arkansas, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina South (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Chen, J.Y. 2008. A taxonomic revision of Syringa L. (Oleaceae). Cathaya. Annals of the Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany and Herbarium, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences 17–18: 1–170. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • العربية: ليلك
  • azərbaycanca: Yasəmən
  • žemaitėška: Pliuoris
  • беларуская: Бэз
  • български: Люляк
  • བོད་ཡིག: ལི་ཤིའི་མེ་ཏོག
  • bosanski: Jorgovan
  • català: Lilà
  • čeština: šeřík
  • dansk: Syren-slægten
  • Deutsch: Flieder
  • English: Lilac
  • Esperanto: Siringo
  • eesti: Sirel
  • فارسی: یاس بنفش
  • suomi: Syreenit
  • galego: Lila
  • עברית: לילך
  • हिन्दी: नीलक
  • hrvatski: Jorgovan
  • hornjoserbsce: Bozowc
  • magyar: Orgona
  • հայերեն: Եղրևանի
  • Ido: Lilaco
  • ქართული: იასამანი
  • қазақша: Мамыргүл
  • 한국어: 수수꽃다리속
  • кыргызча: Сирень
  • lietuvių: Alyva
  • монгол: Голт бор
  • norsk: Syriner
  • polski: Lilak
  • русский: Сирень
  • srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Jorgovan
  • slovenčina: Orgován
  • српски / srpski: Јоргован
  • svenska: Syrensläktet
  • ไทย: ไลแล็ค
  • Türkçe: Leylak
  • українська: Бузок
  • Tiếng Việt: Chi Tử đinh hương
  • walon: Clawsonî
  • 中文: 丁香屬
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