Syringa tibetica

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Syringa tibetica
Systematics
Asterids
Euasterids I
Order : Mint family (Lamiales)
Family : Olive family (Oleaceae)
Genre : Lilac ( syringa )
Type : Syringa tibetica
Scientific name
Syringa tibetica
PYPai

Syringa tibetica is a tree with white flowers from the family of Olive Family (Oleaceae). The natural range is in Tibet. According to R. Govaerts, however, the species is a synonym for Syringa emodi Wall. ex Royle .

description

Syringa tibetica is a 2.5 to 4 meter high tree with densely hairy branches. The leaves have a 1 to 1.3 centimeter long stem. The leaf blade is simple, 7 to 10 centimeters long and 3.5 to 5 centimeters wide, oblong to oblong-elliptical, with a pointed or short pointed tip and a wedge-shaped to more or less rounded base. The upper side of the leaf is almost bare or sparsely hairy except for the leaf veins , the underside is densely hairy or hairy only along the leaf veins.

The flowers grow in 7 to 13 centimeters long, terminal panicles and have a 1 to 2 millimeter long stalk. The calyx is 2 to 3 millimeters long. The corolla is white, the corolla tube 5 to 7 millimeters long. The corolla lobes are lanceolate and bent back. The anthers are yellow and protrude far from the corolla tube. Fruits were not observed (as of 1996). Syringa tibetica flowers in June.

distribution

The natural range is in China in the Tibet Autonomous Region in Gyirong County . There the species grows on the edges of the forest at heights of 2900 to 3200 meters.

Systematics

Syringa tibetica is a kind from the genus of Lilac ( Syringa ) in the family of Oleaceae (Oleaceae). There the genus is assigned to the tribe Oleeae. The species was first described in 1979 by Pei Yu Pai . The genus name Syringa was chosen by Linnaeus in 1753 - but previously used from around the 16th century both for the common lilac ( Syringa vulgaris ) and for the European pipe bush ( Philadelphus coronarius ). It was probably derived from the Greek "syrigs", a wind instrument that can be made from the branches of the pipe bush. The specific epithet tibetica refers to the distribution area in Tibet.

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literature

  • Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven (Ed.): Flora of China . Volume 15: Myrsinaceae through Loganiaceae . Science Press / Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing / St. Louis 1996, ISBN 0-915279-37-1 , pp. 281 (English).
  • Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-937872-16-7 (reprint from 1996).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Syringa emodi. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c d Mei-chen Chang, Lien-ching Chiu, Zhi Wei, Peter S. Green: Syringa tibetica , in the Flora of China , Volume 15, p. 281
  3. ↑ Syringa. In: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, accessed July 1, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Exactly: Etymological Dictionary of Botanical Plant Names , p. 625
  5. ↑ Exactly: Etymological Dictionary of Botanical Plant Names , p. 644

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