Taxon:
Syringa vulgaris L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:9. 1753
Verified:
05/15/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening 4:422.
- International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
- Kim, J.-J. & R. K. Jansen. 1998. A chloroplast DNA phylogeny of lilacs (Syringa, Oleaceae): plastome groups show a strong correlation with crossing groups. Amer. J. Bot. 85:1338-1351. URL: http://www.amjbot.org
- Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
- Marsolais, J. V. et al. 1993. Assessment of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) as genetic markers for determining the origin of interspecific lilac hybrids. Taxon 42:531-537. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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- Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
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- 2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
common lilac – lilac – Italian
lilla – serenella – Swedish
syren –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | boundary/barrier/support | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening 4:422. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening 4:422. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |