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Syringa (lilac)

Angiospermae - Lamiales - Oleaceae

Taxonomy
Syringa was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Syringa vulgaris.

It was assigned to Oleaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991) and Liu et al. (1996).

Species
S. emodi, S. persica, S. vulgaris (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Syringa Linnaeus
1976Syringa Lakhanpal et al.
1991Syringa Chauhan
1996Syringa Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
Asterids
Euasterids
Lamiids
orderLamiales
familyOleaceae
genusSyringa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Syringa Linnaeus 1753 [lilac]
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Syringa emodi Wallich 1835
Syringa persica Linnaeus 1753
Syringa vulgaris Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Tertiary or 11.62000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Syringa pekinensis (22819)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Syringa sp. (22815)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Zhejiang) Syringa zhejiangensis (224041)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Syringa sp. (22796)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Syringa sp. (21224 21239 21258)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Syringa emodi (224613)