- Family: Oleaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Ligustrum L.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is NW. Africa, Eurasia to Queensland.
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Assam, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Korea, Krym, Kuril Is., Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Manchuria, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., North Caucasus, Norway, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Queensland, Romania, Sakhalin, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Colorado, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Free State, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Juan Fernández Is., Kentucky, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Oklahoma, Panamá, Réunion, St.Helena, Tennessee, Trinidad-Tobago, Vermont
- Ligustrum angustum B.M.Miao
- Ligustrum australianum F.Muell.
- Ligustrum compactum (Wall. ex G.Don) Hook.f. & Thomson ex Brandis
- Ligustrum confusum Decne.
- Ligustrum cumingianum Decne.
- Ligustrum delavayanum Har.
- Ligustrum expansum Rehder
- Ligustrum foliosum Nakai
- Ligustrum gamblei Ramamoorthy
- Ligustrum glomeratum Blume
- Ligustrum gracile Rehder
- Ligustrum guangdongense R.J.Wang & H.Z.Wen
- Ligustrum henryi Hemsl.
- Ligustrum ibota Siebold
- Ligustrum japonicum Thunb.
- Ligustrum leucanthum (S.Moore) P.S.Green
- Ligustrum lianum P.S.Hsu
- Ligustrum lindleyi (Wall. ex G.Don) P.S.Green
- Ligustrum liukiuense Koidz.
- Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
- Ligustrum micranthum Zucc.
- Ligustrum morrisonense Kaneh. & Sasaki
- Ligustrum myrsinites Decne.
- Ligustrum nepalense Wall.
- Ligustrum novoguineense Lingelsh.
- Ligustrum obovatilimbum B.M.Miao
- Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc.
- Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk.
- Ligustrum pricei Hayata
- Ligustrum punctifolium M.C.Chang
- Ligustrum quihoui Carrière
- Ligustrum retusum Merr.
- Ligustrum robustum (Roxb.) Blume
- Ligustrum salicinum Nakai
- Ligustrum sempervirens (Franch.) Lingelsh.
- Ligustrum sinense Lour.
- Ligustrum stenophyllum Quisumb. & Merr.
- Ligustrum strongylophyllum Hemsl.
- Ligustrum tamakii Hatus.
- Ligustrum tenuipes M.C.Chang
- Ligustrum tschonoskii Decne.
- Ligustrum undulatum Blume
- Ligustrum vulgare L.
- Ligustrum xingrenense D.J.Liu
Ligustrum L. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2006 | Cavalerie [3070], China | K000449320 |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 7 (1753)
Accepted by
- Qin, X.K. (2009). A new system of Ligustrum (Oleaceae) Acta Botanica Yunnanica 31: 97-116.
- Green, P.S. (2006). World Checklist of Oleaceae Manuscript Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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