Syringa reticulata (Japanese Tree Lilac)

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Syringa reticulata, photographed by rboles — fig. a rboles, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-12-16 / obs. 58079867

Syringa reticulata, photographed by Alec McClay — fig. b Alec McClay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163492019

Syringa reticulata, photographed by Logan — fig. c Logan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94713844

Syringa reticulata, photographed by Sean Grasing — fig. d Sean Grasing, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91831638

Syringa reticulata, photographed by Bev McBride — fig. e Bev McBride, CC0 1.0 / obs. 24125202

Syringa reticulata, photographed by markeambard — fig. f markeambard, CC0 1.0 / obs. 20622939

Syringa reticulata, photographed by jogarton — fig. g jogarton, CC0 1.0 / obs. 18792241

Syringa reticulata, photographed by Sarah Johnson — fig. h Sarah Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144337870

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Native distribution of Syringa reticulata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.

Region	TDWG code	Continent
Amur	AMU	ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central	CHN
China South-Central	CHC
China Southeast	CHS
Inner Mongolia	CHI
Japan	JAP
Khabarovsk	KHA
Korea	KOR
Kuril Is.	KUR
Manchuria	CHM
Primorye	PRM

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 41 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

Ligustrina amurensis (Rupr.) Rupr.
Ligustrina amurensis var. japonica Maxim.
Ligustrina amurensis var. mandshurica Maxim.
Ligustrina amurensis var. pekinensis (Rupr.) Maxim.
Ligustrina fauriei (H.Lév.) Nakai
Ligustrina japonica (Maxim.) L.Henry
Ligustrina japonica V.N.Vassil.
Ligustrina pekinensis (Rupr.) Regel ex Dippel
Ligustrina pekinensis var. pendula (F.L.Temple) Grosdem.
Ligustrina pekinensis var. pendula (F.L.Temple) Pynaert
Ligustrina reticulata (Blume) Nakai
Ligustrina reticulata f. bracteata (Nakai) Nakai
Ligustrina reticulata var. longifolia (Nakai) Nakai
Ligustrina reticulata var. mandshurica (Maxim.) Nakai
Ligustrum pekinense (Rupr.) K.Koch
Ligustrum reticulatum Blume
Syringa amurensis Rupr.
Syringa amurensis f. bracteata Nakai
Syringa amurensis var. japonica (Maxim.) Franch. & Sav.
Syringa amurensis var. longifolia Nakai
Syringa amurensis var. mandshurica (Maxim.) Korsh.
Syringa amurensis var. pekinensis (Rupr.) Maxim.
Syringa amurensis var. rotundifolia (Decne.) Lingelsh.
Syringa amurensis var. tatewakiana Yanagita

and 17 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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