EcoFlora - Ligustrum

Ligustrum
Family: Oleaceae	Gleason & Cronquist Resources Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Fls perfect; cal small, obconic or campanulate, truncate or obscurely 4-lobed; cor salverform, the 4 lobes spreading or recurved; stamens 2; anthers large; ovules 2 per locule; stigma capitate; fr a small black drupe; shrubs with simple, short-petioled, entire lvs and small panicles of white fls terminating the main axis and short lateral branches. 40, Old World. A number of spp. are cult. and occasionally escape, but only L. vulgare is commonly established. Some of the other spp. are keyed, but only L. vulgare is described. Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Species within checklist: TNC: Gantz Woods Nature Preserve Ligustrum acuminatum Map not Available Ligustrum amurense Map not Available Ligustrum compactum Map not Available Ligustrum confusum Map not Available Ligustrum cumingianum Map not Available Ligustrum delavayanum Map not Available Ligustrum glomeratum Map not Available Ligustrum henryi Map not Available Ligustrum ibota Map not Available Ligustrum indicum Map not Available Ligustrum japonicum Map not Available Ligustrum leucanthum Map not Available Ligustrum lindleyi Map not Available Ligustrum liukiuense Map not Available Ligustrum lucidum Map not Available Ligustrum medium Map not Available Ligustrum morrisonense Images not available Map not Available Ligustrum myrsinites Map not Available Ligustrum nepalense Map not Available Ligustrum obtusifolium Map not Available Ligustrum ovalifolium Map not Available Ligustrum pricei Map not Available Ligustrum quihoui Map not Available Ligustrum retusum Map not Available Ligustrum robustum Map not Available Ligustrum sempervirens Map not Available Ligustrum sinense Map not Available Ligustrum tschonoskii Map not Available Ligustrum vulgare Map not Available