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: Syringa
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).

• Type species: Syringa vulgaris L.

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

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 9. Reference page. 

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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Syringa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Syringa. Published online. Accessed: August 27 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Syringa. Accessed: 27 August 2023.

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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