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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Ligustrum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Ligustrum

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Oleanae Takht. pub. Divers. Classif. Fl. Pl.: 449. 1 Mai 1997.       Ordo  Oleales Lindl. pub. Nix. Pl.: 19. 17 Sep 1833.       Subordo  Oleineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 170. Mai 1898.       Familia  Oleaceae Hoffmanns. & Link pub. Fl. Portug. 1: 385. 1813-1820. common name: Olives       Tribus  Ligustreae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 1022, 1102. Jun 1835.       Subtribus  Ligustrinae Koehne pub. Deut. Dendrol.: 500. Mai 1893.       Genus  Ligustrum L. pub. (1753) common name: privet

Named members of the Genus Ligustrum

1	Species  amurense Carr. common name: Amur privet
2	Species  japonicum Thunb. common name: Japanese privet, waxleaf privet
3	Species  lucidum Ait. f. common name: glossy privet, southern privet
4	Species  obtusifolium Sieb. & Zucc. common name: border privet
5	Species  ovalifolium Hassk. common name: California privet
6	Species  quihoui Carr. common name: waxyleaf privet
7	Species  sempervirens (Franch.) Linglesh. common name: privet
8	Species  sinense Lour. common name: Chinese privet
9	Species  villosum May syn. Ligustrum sinense
10	Species  vulgare L. common name: European privet

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.