Ligustrum
Ligustrum is a genus of about forty species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees.[1] They are now all known by the common name of privet.
Selected species
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System lists eleven "accepted" species of Ligustrum.[2] Additional species are listed in other references.[3][4][5]
- Ligustrum amamianum (China)
- Ligustrum amurense – Amur privet (Northern China)
- Ligustrum angustum (China)
- Ligustrum chenaultii (Yunnan Province, China)
- Ligustrum compactum (Himalayas, southwest China)
- Ligustrum confusum (Himalayas, Khasi Hills)
- Ligustrum delavayanum (Southwest China, Myanmar)
- Ligustrum expansum (China)
- Ligustrum gracile (China)
- Ligustrum henryi (Central China)
- Ligustrum ibota (Japan)
- Ligustrum indicum (Himalayas, Indochina)
- Ligustrum japonicum (Japan, Korea)
- Ligustrum leucanthum (China)
- Ligustrum lianum (China)
- Ligustrum liukiuense (Taiwan)
- Ligustrum longitubum (China)
- Ligustrum lucidum - Chinese Privet, Glossy Privet (China, Japan, Korea)
- Ligustrum massalongianum (Himalayas)
- Ligustrum microcarpum (Taiwan); often included in L. sinense.
- Ligustrum morrisonense (Taiwan)
- Ligustrum obovatilimbum (China)
- Ligustrum obtusifolium – Japanese Deciduous Privet (East Asia)
- Ligustrum ovalifolium – Japanese Privet, Oval-leaved Privet (Japan)
- Ligustrum pedunculare (China)
- Ligustrum pricei (Taiwan)
- Ligustrum punctifolium
- Ligustrum quihoui (China)
- Ligustrum retusum (China)
- Ligustrum robustum (China)
- Ligustrum sempervirens (Western China)
- Ligustrum sinense – Chinese Privet (China, Taiwan)
- Ligustrum strongylophyllum (Central China)
- Ligustrum tenuipes. (China)
- Ligustrum tschonoskii (Japan)
- Ligustrum vulgare – Common Privet, European Privet (Europe, northwest Africa, southwest Asia)
- Ligustrum xingrenense (China)
- Ligustrum yunguiense (China)
References
External links
Information on Growing Privet, Ligustrum Varieties