Syringa vulgaris L.
(Lilac)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Syringa vulgaris (Lilac)
Genus	Syringa (lilacs)
Family	OLEACEAE (olives, privets, ashes, lilacs and forsythias)
Order	LAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Syringa vulgaris is also a member of:
Broadleaved trees - broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees (via Oleaceae)
Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Oleaceae)
Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Endomycorrhizal plants - plants that form endomycorrhiza (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees - broadleaved and coniferous trees (via Broadleaved trees)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved trees)

Records of Syringa vulgaris (Lilac) :
1: Syringa vulgaris (Lilac)
5 May 2009	OSGR: SU57	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
bush, in flower

Syringa vulgaris (Lilac) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Syringa vulgaris (Lilac)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 28 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Syringa vulgaris (Lilac)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Syringa vulgaris is also a member of:

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