Taxon: Ligustrum sinense Lour.

Common names:

• Chinese privet   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Chinese liguster   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• xiao la   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: boundary/barrier/support; ornamental   (fide F ChinaEng; Eur Gard F; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang; Hong Kong
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indo-China: Laos; Vietnam

• AFRICA
  Africa [s.]
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  United States [s.e.]

References:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
• Green, P. S. 1995. Kew Bull. 50:383.
• Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:282.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [with eight vars.].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ligustrum sinense.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ligustrum sinense. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Ligustrum indicum (Lour.) Merr.
  
• (=) Ligustrum microcarpum Kaneh. & Sasaki
  
• (=) Ligustrum sinense var. stauntonii (DC.) Rehder
  
• (=) Ligustrum stauntonii DC.
  
• (=) Phillyrea indica Lour.
  

Check other databases for Ligustrum sinense Lour.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Ligustrum sinense cultivars
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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