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Taxon: Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc.

Genus: Ligustrum
Family: Oleaceae tribe: Oleeae.
Nomen number: 22087
Place of publication: Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3):168. 1846
Name verified on: 31-Jul-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-May-2011
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 4 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


SPECIES RESTRICTED AS A STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
CT*, MA*, NH*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • Amur privet   (Source: Hortus 3 [as L. amurense]) – English   [Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. suave]
  • dong ya nu zhen   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. microphyllum]
  • liao dong shui la shu   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. suave]
  • gomdzongalnamu   (Source: Kulturpflanze 34:105) – Transcribed Korean
  • jwittongnamu   (Source: F Korea ) – Transcribed Korean

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong, Zhejiang
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido [s.], Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea

References:

  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
  • Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:282.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
  • Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
  • Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
  • Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:105.
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
More:

Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc.:

  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?22087 (18 June 2013)

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