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liguster
Common privet (Ligustrum vulgare)

Common privet ( Ligustrum vulgare )

Systematics
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Asterids
Euasterids I
Order : Mint family (Lamiales)
Family : Olive family (Oleaceae)
Genre : liguster
Scientific name
Ligustrum
L.

The privet ( Ligustrum ), or rarely Rain pastures called, are a genus of plants from the family of Olive Family (Oleaceae).

description

Illustration of Ligustrum vulgare
Blunt-leaved privet ( Ligustrum obtusifolium )

Ligustrum species grow as deciduous or evergreen shrubs or trees . The opposite leaves are short-stalked, simple and have entire margins.

The flowers are in terminal or axillary, often paniculate inflorescences . The hermaphrodite, four-fold flowers are often fragrant. The four sepals are fused bell-shaped. The four mostly white petals are fused tubular to funnel-shaped. The two stamens do not protrude from the corolla tube. Two carpels have become a top permanent ovary grown. One to three-seeded berries or stone fruits are formed.

Occurrence

The Ligustrum species have areas in the Old World . Most species are native to eastern Asia , with a few in Europe , Africa and Australasia . In Europe only the common privet ( Ligustrum vulgare ) is native.

Few species are cultivated as ornamental trees and especially used in gardens to create hedges . Most of these species are native to Japan or China . Privet is often planted as a cut hedge.

Systematics

The genus Ligustrum belongs to the tribe Oleeae in the family of Oleaceae . Synonyms for Ligustrum L. are: Esquirolia H.Lév. , Faulia Raf. , Ligustridium Spach , Parasyringa W.W.Sm. , Phlyarodoxa S.Moore , Visiania DC.

Ligustrum gamblei
Japanese privet ( Ligustrum japonicum )
Shiny privet ( Ligustrum lucidum )
Oval-leaved privet ( Ligustrum ovalifolium )
Ligustrum quihoui
Ligustrum robustum subsp. perrottetii
Ligustrum robustum subsp. walkeri
Chinese privet ( Ligustrum sinense )

There are around 40 to 50 species of Ligustrum :

  • Ligustrum angustum B.M. Miao : It occurs in Guizhou and Guangxi.
  • Ligustrum australianum F. Muell. : It occurs in northern and eastern Queensland.
  • Ligustrum compactum (Wall. Ex G.Don) Hook. f. & Thomson ex Brandis : The home is India, Nepal, Bhutan and China (Hebei, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan). There are two varieties.
  • Ligustrum confusum Decne. : The homeland is India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand and China (Xizang, Yunnan). There are two varieties.
  • Ligustrum cumingianum Decne. : It occurs in the Philippines.
  • Delavay's privet ( Ligustrum delavayanum Har. ): Home is Myanmar and China (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan)
  • Ligustrum expansum Rehder : It occurs from southern China to northern Vietnam.
  • Ligustrum foliosum Nakai : The home is southern Korea
  • Ligustrum gamblei Ramamoorthy : It occurs in southern India.
  • Ligustrum glomeratum flower : It occurs from the Andamans to New Guinea.
  • Ligustrum gracile Rehder : It occurs in Sichuan and Yunnan.
  • Ligustrum guangdongense R.J.Wang & HZWen : The species first described in 2012 occurs in Guangdong.
  • Ligustrum henryi Hemsl. : The home is China (Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan).
  • Ligustrum × ibolium Coe ex Rehder = Ligustrum obtusifolium × Ligustrum ovalifolium
  • Lashed Privet ( Ligustrum ibota Sieb. ): It is native to central and southern Japan and Korea.
  • Japanese privet ( Ligustrum japonicum Thunb. ): It occurs from southeast China to ind temperate East Asia.
  • Ligustrum leucanthum (S.Moore) PSGreen : It occurs from central and southern China to southern Korea.
  • Ligustrum lianum P.S.Hsu : It occurs from southern China to Hainan.
  • Ligustrum lindleyi (Wall. Ex G.Don) PSGreen : It occurs from Assam to Myanmar.
  • Ligustrum liukiuense Koidz. : The home is the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
  • Shiny Privet or Shiny Privet ( Ligustrum lucidum W.T. Aiton): Home is China, Hainn and southern Korea; however, the species occurs as a neophyte in Europe, Africa, Japan, Australia and America.
  • Ligustrum micranthum Zucc. : It occurs from the Ogasawara Islands to the Kazan-rettō archipelago.
  • Ligustrum morrisonense Kaneh. & Sasaki : The home is Taiwan
  • Ligustrum myrsinites Decne. : It occurs in Assam .
  • Ligustrum Nepalese Wall. : The homeland is India, Nepal and Myanmar
  • Ligustrum novoguineense Lingelsh. : It occurs in New Guinea.
  • Ligustrum obovatilimbum B.M. Miao : It is only found in Guangdong.
  • Blunt-leaved privet ( Ligustrum obtusifolium Sieb. & Zucc. ): The home is China, Korea and Japan There are two subspecies:
    • Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. microphyllum (Nakai) PSGreen : It occurs in eastern China and on Jeju-do .
    • Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. obtusifolium : It occurs from eastern China to Korea and Japan.
  • Oval-leaved privet ( Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk. ), Also called broad-leaved privet; his home is Japan and southern Korea. There are three varieties.
  • Ligustrum pricei Hayata : It occurs from central China to Taiwan .
  • Ligustrum punctifolium M.C.Chang : It occurs from Hong Kong to Vietnam.
  • Ligustrum quihoui Carrière : Home is China, southern Korea and Tibet.
  • Ligustrum retusum Merr. : It occurs from Hainan to Vietnam.
  • Ligustrum robustum (Roxb.) Blume : Home is India, the Laccadives , Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, Sumatra and China; the species is naturalized in North America, Mauritius and Réunion. There are three subspecies:
    • Ligustrum robustum subsp. perrottetii (A.DC.) de Juana (Syn .: Ligustrum perrottetii A.DC. ): It occurs on the Laccadives , on the Andamans and in southern India.
    • Ligustrum robustum subsp. robustum : It occurs from northeast India to Indochina.
    • Ligustrum robustum subsp. walkeri (Decne.) PSGreen : It is originally found in southern India and Sri Lanka.
  • Ligustrum salicinum Nakai : It occurs in central and southern Japan and on Jeju-do.
  • Ligustrum sempervirens (Franch.) Lingelsh. : The home is China (Sichuan, Yunnan)
  • Chinese privet ( Ligustrum sinense Lour. ): Native to China, Taiwan, Laos and Vietnam; the species is naturalized in South Africa, North America, Australia and New Zealand. There are eight varieties.
  • Ligustrum stenophyllum Quisumb. & Merr. : It occurs on Luzon .
  • Ligustrum strongylophyllum Hemsl. : The home is China (Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan).
  • Ligustrum tamakii Hatus. : It occurs on the Nansei Islands.
  • Ligustrum tenuipes M.C.Chang : It occurs in northeastern Guangxi.
  • Ligustrum tschonoskii Decne. : The homeland is Japan, the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin.
  • Ligustrum undulatum flower : It occurs in New Guinea.
  • Common privet ( Ligustrum vulgare L. ): Home is Europe to northwestern Iran and Morocco; The species is naturalized in South Africa, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
  • Ligustrum xingrenense D.J.Liu : It occurs in eastern Yunnan and western Guizhou.

swell

  • Mei-chen Chang, Lien-ching Chiu, Zhi Wei & Peter S. Green: Oleaceae in der Flora of China , Volume 15, 1996, p. 299: Ligustrum - Online. (Section description)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Ligustrum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Ligustrum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved November 29, 2018.

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