The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Ligustrum

The genus Ligustrum is in the family Oleaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ligustrum

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Ligustrum angustum B.M.Miao Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum australianum F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum caeruleum Descourt. ex Decne. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum compactum (Wall. ex G.Don) Hook.f. & Thomson ex Brandis Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Ligustrum confusum Decne. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum cumingianum Decne. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum delavayanum Har. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum expansum Rehder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum gamblei Ramamoorthy Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum glomeratum Blume Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum gracile Rehder Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum henryi Hemsl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum × ibolium Coe ex Rehder Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum ibota Siebold Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum japonicum Thunb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum leucanthum (S.Moore) P.S.Green Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum lianum P.S.Hsu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum lindleyi (Wall. ex G.Don) P.S.Green Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum liukiuense Koidz. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum mellosum Decne. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum micranthum Zucc. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum morrisonense Kaneh. & Sasaki Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum myrsinites Decne. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum nepalense Wall. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum novoguineense Lingelsh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum obovatilimbum B.M.Miao Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 2
Ligustrum perrottetii A.DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum pricei Hayata Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum punctifolium M.C.Chang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum × purpusii Hofker Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum quihoui Carrière Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum retusum Merr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum robustum (Roxb.) Blume Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Ligustrum rufum Nakai Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum salicinum Nakai Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum sempervirens (Franch.) Lingelsh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum sinense Lour. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 3
Ligustrum stenophyllum Quisumb. & Merr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum strongylophyllum Hemsl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum tamakii Hatus. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum tenuipes M.C.Chang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum tschonoskii Decne. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum undulatum Blume Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum × vicaryi Rehder Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum vulgare L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Ligustrum xingrenense D.J.Liu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 200 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ligustrum. Of these 43 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 118 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ligustrum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 200 species names for the genus Ligustrum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 43 21.5%
Synonym 150 75.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 7 3.5%

All names

The status of the 318 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ligustrum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 50 15.7%
Synonym 260 81.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 8 2.5%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 200 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ligustrum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 43 148 0 0 191 95.5%
Medium confidence 0 2 0 0 2 1.0%
Low confidence 0 0 0 7 7 3.5%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Ligustrum is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 2 0 0 0 2 1.0%
WCSP 43 148 0 7 0 198 99.0%