Ligustrum obtusifolium

Ligustrum obtusifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Lamiales
Family:Oleaceae
Genus:Ligustrum
Species: L. obtusifolium
Binomial name
Ligustrum obtusifolium
Synonyms

Ligustrum amurense Carrière

Ligustrum obtusifolium (border privet[1] or Amur privet[2]) is a species of privet, native to Japan, Korea and northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong, Zhejiang).[3][4] The species is considered invasive in parts of the United States. It has become very common in southern New England, the mid-Atlantic States, and the Great Lakes regions, with scattered occurrences in the South, the Great Plains, and Washington State.[5][6]

Ligustrum obtusifoliumis a deciduous shrub growing to 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall. The leaves are 1 to 6 centimetres (0.39 to 2.36 in) long and 4 to 25 millimetres (0.16 to 0.98 in) broad.[3][7]

There are three subspecies:[3]

  • Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. obtusifolium. Japan.
  • Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. microphyllum (Nakai) P.S.Green. Eastern China, Korea, Japan.
  • Ligustrum obtusifolium subsp. suave (Kitagawa) Kitagawa. Northeastern China.

References

  1. ↑ "Ligustrum obtusifolium". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ligustrum amurense". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Flora of China: Ligustrum obtusifolium
  4. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Ligustrum obtusifolium
  5. ↑ Swearingen, Jil; Reshetiloff, K.; Slattery, B; Zwicker, S. (2010). Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas, 4th Edition (PDF). National Park Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. p. 71.
  6. ↑ Biota of North America Program, Ligustrum obtusifolium
  7. ↑ Siebold, Philipp Franz von & Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard. 1846. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 4(3): 168


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