- Syringa reticulata
Taxobox
name = "Syringa reticulata"
image_width = 240px
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regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Lamiales
familia =Oleaceae
genus = "Syringa "
species = "S. reticulata"
binomial = "Syringa reticulata"
binomial_authority = (Blume) H.Hara"Syringa reticulata" (Japanese Tree Lilac; Chinese: 暴马丁香 "bao ma ding xiang"; Japanese: ハシドイ "hashidoi") is a species of
Lilac , native to easternAsia , in northernJapan (mainlyHokkaidō ), northernChina ,Korea , and far southeasternRussia .Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200017817 "Syringa reticulata"] ] Hanaki Kawahara Gardens: [http://www.068.jp/business/product/mainprdct3/hashidoi.html "Syringa reticulata"] (in Japanese; [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.068.jp/business/product/mainprdct3/hashidoi.html&sa=X&oi=translate& google translation] )]It is a
deciduous smalltree growing to a height of 12 m, rarely to 15 m, with a trunk up to 30 cm (rarely 40 cm) diameter; it is the largest species of lilac, and the only one that regularly makes a small tree rather than a shrub. The leaves are elliptic-acute, 2.5–15 cm long and 1–8 cm broad, with an entire margin, and a roughish texture with slightly impressed veins. Theflower s are white or creamy-white, the corolla with a tubular base to 4–6 mm long and a four-lobed apex 3–6 mm across, and a strong fragrance; they are produced in broadpanicle s 5–30 cm long and 3–20 cm broad in early summer. Thefruit is a dry, smooth brown capsule 15–25 mm long, splitting in two to release the two wingedseed s.Mitomori: [http://www.mitomori.co.jp/hana3/hana2.7.348hasido.html "Syringa reticulata"] (in Japanese; [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.mitomori.co.jp/hana3/hana2.7.348hasido.html&sa=X&oi=translate& google translation] )] Huxley, A., ed. (1992). "New RHS Dictionary of Gardening". Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.]There are three
subspecies :
*"Syringa reticulata" subsp. "reticulata". Japan.
*"Syringa reticulata" subsp. "amurensis" (Rupr.) P.S.Green & M.C.Chang (syn. "S. reticulata" var. "mandschurica" (Maxim.) H.Hara). Northeastern China, Korea, southeastern Russia.
*"Syringa reticulata" subsp. "pekinensis" (Rupr.) P.S.Green & M.C.Chang. North-central China.It is grown as an
ornamental tree in Europe and North America.References
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