Common name
English: European Privet, Wild Privet
German: Beinholz, Bocksbeere, Gemeiner Liguster, Liguster
Portuguese: Alfenheiro, Ligustro, Santoninhas
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Scrophulariales (79)
Family: Oleaceae (19)(family description)
Genus: Ligustrum (3)
Epithet: vulgare L. (11)
Synonyms: Ligustrum album Gueldenst. ex Ledeb., Ligustrum decipiens Gand., Ligustrum insulare Decne., Ligustrum insulense Decne., Ligustrum italicum Mill., Ligustrum lodense Glogau, Ligustrum oviforme Gand., Ligustrum vicinum Gand.
album => dead white, without lustre
decipiens => deceiving, misleading
italicum => of Italian origin
oviforme => oval, egg-shaped; elliptic, but broader at the base
vulgare => common, everyday
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Ligustrum vulgare at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [47] Image of Ligustrum vulgare (Oleaceae ) - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
- [115] species information
- [591] Ligustrum vulgare - Plants For A Future database
Literature
- [6] Schretzenmayr, M. (1989): Heimische Bäume und Sträucher Mitteleuropas. Urania, Berlin, Germany.