Ligustrum vulgare L.

Taxonomy

Family

Oleaceae

Genus

Ligustrum

Species

vulgare

English name

Privet

Italian name

Ligustro

Distribution

Europe, Mediterranean area, Africa, West Asia, Australia, New Zealand and America. In Italy prefers woods deciduous thermophilic edges and bushes (0 - 1300 m).

Chorological type

European and West Asian

Habitat

Thermophilic deciduous wood,
hedges (0 - 1300 m)

Flowering time

V - VI

Nectar

Pollen

Pollen colour

green

Honeydew

Pollinators

Apis mellifera Syrphidae

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEB SITES

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEB SITES:
Pignatti S. - Flora d’Italia (3 voll.) - Edagricole - 1982
Reader’s digest encyclopaedia of garden plants and flowers - Reader’s Digest - Milano - 1988
Ricciardelli D’Albore G., Intoppa F. - Fiori e api - Edagricole - 2000 - www.bombus.it/pdf/ fiori_e_api/fiori_e_api.pdf
Ricciardelli D’Albore G., Atlas of world unifloral honeys - Fai Apicoltura - 2019
Simonetti G., Frilli F., Barbattini R., Iob M. - Flora di interesse apistico - Appendice a APICOLTURA Numero 5 - 1989
The European Garden Flora - Cambridge University Press Vol VI - 2000
The European Garden Flora - Cambridge University Press Vol I - II - III - IV - V 56- 1980
The Plant List - www.theplantlist.org
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Atlas of livig in Australia - www.ala.org.au/
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Floridata - floridata.com/home
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe - www.europe-aliens.org/default.do
Worldfloraonline, An Online Flora of All Known Plants - www.worldfloraonline.org/