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Syringa Linn., Sp. Pl. 9. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 9. 1754; C.B. Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 604. 1882.
Deciduous shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire or pinnatisect, ovate to lanceolate, petiolate or subsessile. Calyx tubulate, subtruncate to 4-dentate, persistent, 1-2 mm long. Corolla funnel- to salver-shaped, lobes 4. Stamens 2, inserted at the upper parts of the corolla. Fruit a capsule. Seed winged.
Species about 30, from SE. Europe to the Himalayas, NE. Asia, China, Japan.
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Panicles terminal, subtended by the leaves at the base. Anthers exserted |
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Syringa emodi |
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Panicles lateral, rarely terminal, not subtended
by the leaves at the base. Anthers included |
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Leaves always entire, oval, subcordate, 5-10 cm
long and 2-6 cm broad. Shrub up to 6 cm tall |
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Syringa vulgaris |
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Leaves pinnatifid or entire, lanceolate to oval,
2-4 cm long, up to 2 cm broad. Shrub 1-2 m tall |
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Leaves pinnately lobed or pinnatifid (rarely entire towards the base of shoots) ; cultivated |
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Syringa laciniata |
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Leaves entire (rarely ± lobed in S. x persica) |
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Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 2-8 mm broad. Wild in Kurram Valley (and Nuristan) |
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Syringa afghanica |
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Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 8-20 mm
broad. Cultivated (flowers sterile) |
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Syringa x persica |
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Lower Taxa
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