Ligustrum
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Ligustrum is a genus
of about forty species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees. They are now all known by the common name of privet
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lists eleven "accepted" species of Ligustrum. Additional species are listed in other references.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of about forty species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees. They are now all known by the common name of privet
Privet
Privet was originally the name for the European semi-evergreen shrub Ligustrum vulgare, and later also for the more reliably evergreen Ligustrum ovalifolium , used extensively for privacy hedging. It is often suggested that the name privet is related to private, but the OED states that there is no...
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Selected species
The Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemIntegrated Taxonomic Information System
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System is a partnership designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species. ITIS was originally formed in 1996 as an interagency group within the U.S...
lists eleven "accepted" species of Ligustrum. Additional species are listed in other references.
- Ligustrum amamianumLigustrum amamianumLigustrum amamianum is a species of Ligustrum. It is found in China....
(ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
) - Ligustrum amurense – Amur privet (Northern China)
- Ligustrum angustum (China)
- Ligustrum chenaultii (Yunnan Province, China)
- Ligustrum compactum (HimalayasHimalayasThe Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
, southwest China) - Ligustrum confusum (HimalayasHimalayasThe Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
, Khasi HillsKhasi HillsThe Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi range in the Indian state of Meghalaya, and is part of the Patkai range and of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion...
) - Ligustrum delavayanum (Southwest China, MyanmarMyanmarBurma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....
) - Ligustrum expansum (China)
- Ligustrum gracile (China)
- Ligustrum henryi (Central China)
- Ligustrum ibota (JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
) - Ligustrum indicum (Himalayas, IndochinaIndochinaThe Indochinese peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. It lies roughly southwest of China, and east of India. The name has its origins in the French, Indochine, as a combination of the names of "China" and "India", and was adopted when French colonizers in Vietnam began expanding their territory...
) - Ligustrum japonicumLigustrum japonicumLigustrum japonicum is a species of Ligustrum native to central and southern Japan and Korea....
(Japan, KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
) - Ligustrum leucanthum (China)
- Ligustrum lianum (China)
- Ligustrum liukiuense (TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
) - Ligustrum longitubum (China)
- Ligustrum lucidumLigustrum lucidumLigustrum lucidum is a species of privet native to the southern half of China.-Growth:It is the largest species in the genus, growing as a tree up to 25 m tall...
- Chinese Privet, Glossy Privet (China, Japan, Korea) - Ligustrum massalongianum (Himalayas)
- Ligustrum microcarpumLigustrum microcarpumLigustrum microcarpum is a species of Ligustrum , endemic to Taiwan, where it is confined to high altitudes of over 2,400 m. It is treated as a synonym of the Mainland Chinese Ligustrum sinense in the Flora of China and the Flora of Taiwan.Under the name L...
(Taiwan); often included in L. sinense. - Ligustrum morrisonense (Taiwan)
- Ligustrum obovatilimbum (China)
- Ligustrum obtusifoliumLigustrum obtusifoliumLigustrum obtusifolium is a species of privet, native to Japan, Korea and China.It is a deciduous shrub growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are 1-6 cm long and 4-25 mm broad.There are three subspecies:...
– Japanese Deciduous Privet (East AsiaEast AsiaEast Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...
) - Ligustrum ovalifoliumLigustrum ovalifoliumLigustrum ovalifolium, also known as Oval-Leaved Privet, is a semi-evergreen shrub used extensively for hedging, and sometimes for other garden uses. The species comes from Japan...
– Japanese Privet, Oval-leaved Privet (Japan) - Ligustrum pedunculare (China)
- Ligustrum priceiLigustrum priceiLigustrum pricei is a species of Ligustrum, endemic to Taiwan, where it occurs at 900–1700 m altitude.It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 1–8 m tall. The leaves are 1.5–6 cm long and 1.5–6 cm broad, with an acute apex and an entire margin. The flowers are white, 6–8 mm...
(Taiwan) - Ligustrum punctifolium
- Ligustrum quihouiLigustrum quihouiLigustrum quihoui is a shrubby privet from China.It is noted for its large sparse flowering panicles of scented white flowers, borne late in the growing season, for which it is sometimes grown in gardens.Privet is an invasive species in Texas....
(China) - Ligustrum retusum (China)
- Ligustrum robustumKu Ding TeaKuding tea is a particularly bitter-tasting Chinese tisane which due to their similarities in appearance is derived from several plant species...
(China) - Ligustrum sempervirens (Western China)
- Ligustrum sinense – Chinese Privet (China, Taiwan)
- Ligustrum strongylophyllum (Central China)
- Ligustrum tenuipes. (China)
- Ligustrum tschonoskii (Japan)
- Ligustrum vulgareLigustrum vulgareLigustrum vulgare , is a species of Ligustrum native to central and southern Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia, from southern England and southwestern Sweden south to Morocco, and east to Poland and northwestern Iran.It is a semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub, growing to 3 m...
– Common Privet, European Privet (EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, northwest AfricaNorth AfricaNorth Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
, southwest Asia) - Ligustrum xingrenense (China)
- Ligustrum yunguiense (China)