Syringa L.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Amur, Bulgaria, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Greece, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Nepal, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Tibet, Ukraine, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Albania, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Central European Russia, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, District of Columbia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Kansas, Kentucky, Krym, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Castroviejo, S. (ed.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Iberica 11: 1-672. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
• Chen, J.Y. (2008). A taxonomic revision of Syringa L. (Oleaceae). Cathaya; Annals of the Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany and Herbarium, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences 17-18: 1-170.
• Green, P.S. (2006). World Checklist of Oleaceae Manuscript Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.