Ligustrum obtusifolium

Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. obtusifolium

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: Ligustrum
Sectio: L. sect. Ligustrum
Series: L. ser. Ligustrum
Species: Ligustrum obtusifolium
Subspecies: L. o. subsp. microphyllum – L. o. subsp. obtusifolium

Name

Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc., 1846.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ligustrum ibota Siebold ex Blume in Mus. Bot. 1: 312 (1851), nom. illeg.
  • Ligustrum ibota f. obtusifolium (Siebold & Zucc.) Koidz. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 342 (1926)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-tropical' Regional: China China North-Central, China Southeast Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Manchuria Introduced into: Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Tennessee, Vermont References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Siebold, P.F. de & Zuccarini, J.G. 1846. Florae Japonicae familiae naturales, adjectis generum et specierum exemplis selectis. Sectio altera. Plantae Dicotyledoneae (Gamopetalae, Monochlamydeae) et Monocotyledoneae. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 4(3): 125–240. BHL Reference page. : 4(3): 168.

Additional references

• Green, P.S. (2006). World Checklist of Oleaceae Manuscript Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ligustrum obtusifolium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ligustrum obtusifolium. Published online. Accessed: August 31 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Ligustrum obtusifolium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Ligustrum obtusifolium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 August 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ligustrum obtusifolium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2024 August 31.

Vernacular names

svenska: Japansk liguster

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