The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Syringa

The genus Syringa is in the family Oleaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Syringa

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Syringa afghanica C.K.Schneid. Accepted H WCSP
Syringa debelderorum J.L.Fiala Accepted H WCSP
Syringa emodi Wall. ex Royle Accepted H WCSP
Syringa fauriei H.Lév. Accepted H WCSP
Syringa inodora (L.) Moench Accepted M TRO
Syringa josikaea J.Jacq. ex Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Syringa komarowii C.K.Schneid. Accepted H WCSP
Syringa meyeri C.K.Schneid. Accepted H WCSP
Syringa oblata Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Syringa pinetorum W.W.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Syringa pinnatifolia Hemsl. Accepted H WCSP
Syringa protolaciniata P.S.Green & M.C.Chang Accepted H WCSP
Syringa pubescens Turcz. Accepted H WCSP
Syringa reticulata (Blume) H.Hara Accepted H WCSP
Syringa tibetica P.Y.Pai Accepted H WCSP
Syringa tomentella Bureau & Franch. Accepted H WCSP
Syringa villosa Vahl Accepted H WCSP
Syringa vulgaris L. Accepted H WCSP
Syringa wolfii C.K.Schneid. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 108 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Syringa. Of these 19 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 134 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Syringa. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 108 species names for the genus Syringa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 19 17.6%
Synonym 76 70.4%
Unplaced 12 11.1%
Unassessed 1 0.9%

All names

The status of the 242 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Syringa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 35 14.5%
Synonym 194 80.2%
Unplaced 12 5.0%
Unassessed 1 0.4%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 108 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Syringa, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 18 65 0 0 83 76.9%
Medium confidence 1 0 0 0 1 0.9%
Low confidence 0 11 12 1 24 22.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Syringa, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.9%
WCSP 18 76 12 0 0 106 98.1%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.9%