Syringa vulgaris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1:9. 1753.

"Habitat versus Persiam." RCN: 58.

Lectotype (Green in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 92. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 22.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Syringa Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 116. 1929).

Current name: Syringa vulgaris L. ( Oleaceae).