Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
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Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton in Aiton, Hortus Kew. (W.T. Aiton), ed. 2., 1, 19 (1810)
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Nomenclature
W.T.Aiton
W.T.Aiton
1810
19
ICN
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
species
Ligustrum lucidum
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Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Glabrous, small or medium-sized, evergreen tree to c. 10 m high (taller in cultivation), sometimes a dense shrub. Shoots glabrous. Petioles mostly 1-2 cm long). Lamina 5-13 × 3-6 cm, ovate to elliptic-ovate, glossy above; base broad-cuneate to rounded; apex usually abruptly short-acuminate, sometimes acute. Panicles up to 25 × 20 cm, dense, broadly pyramidal; branches angular; pedicels very short. Bracts oblong or oblong-lanceolate; bracteoles much smaller, caducous. Fls fragrant. Calyx 1-2 mm long; lobes indistinct. Corolla white; tube c. 1.5 mm long; lobes 2-2.5 mm long, oblong-elliptic, reflexed, with ± involute margins, acute. Stamens c. 4 mm long, exserted; anthers yellow. Style included. Fr. to 6 × 5 mm, ellipsoid-oblong, bluish or purplish black, ± pruinose. Seed c. 5 mm long, ± broadly ellipsoid, ribbed on back.
Taxonomic concepts
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
Historic biostatus
Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
Recorded as Ligustrum lucidum 'Tricolor'
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1 January 2000
9 June 2021