Ligustrum obtusifolium
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Ligustrum obtusifolium (border privet[1] or Amur privet[2]) is a species of privet, native to Japan, Korea and northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong, Zhejiang).[3][4] The species is considered invasive in parts of the United States. It has become very common in southern New England, the mid-Atlantic States, and the Great Lakes regions, with scattered occurrences in the South, the Great Plains, and Washington state.[5][6] With Ligustrum ovalifolium it is a parent of the widespread hybrid Ligustrum × ibolium.[7]
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There are three subspecies:[3]
- Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. obtusifolium. Japan.
- Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. microphyllum (Nakai) P.S.Green. Eastern China, Korea, Japan.
- Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. suave (Kitagawa) Kitagawa. Northeastern China.
Etymology
Ligustrum means ‘binder’. It was named by Pliny and Virgil.[9]
References
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- ↑ a b c Flora of China: Ligustrum obtusifolium
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Ligustrum obtusifolium
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- ↑ Biota of North America Program, Ligustrum obtusifolium
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- ↑ Siebold, Philipp Franz von & Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard. 1846. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 4(3): 168
- ↑ Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. Template:ISBN (hardback), Template:ISBN (paperback). p 237
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