Editing Syringa (section)

==Species==
Species and subspecies currently accepted as of July 2016:<ref name="Kew"/><ref name=foc/>
*''[[Syringa emodi]]'' Wall. ex Royle – Himalayan lilac - northern India, Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal
*''[[Syringa josikaea]]'' J.Jacq. ex Rchb.f. – Hungarian lilac - Carpathian Mountains of Romania and Ukraine
*''[[Syringa komarowii]]'' C.K.Schneid. – nodding lilac - Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
*''[[Syringa oblata]]'' Lindl. – early blooming lilac or broadleaf lilac - Korea, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan
**''[[Syringa oblata subsp. dilatata|''Syringa oblata'' subsp. ''dilatata'']] – Korean early lilac - Nakai - Korea, Jilin, Liaoning
*''[[Syringa pinetorum]]'' W.W.Sm. – Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
*''[[Syringa pinnatifolia]]'' Hemsl. – Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan
*''[[Syringa pubescens]]'' Turcz. – Korea, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan
*''[[Syringa reticulata]]'' (Blume) H.Hara (syn. ''S. pekinensis'') – Japanese tree lilac - Primorye, Japan, Korea, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan 
*''[[Syringa tomentella]]'' Bureau & Franch. – Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
*''[[Syringa villosa]]'' Vahl – villous lilac - Primorye, Korea, Hebei, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning 
*''[[Syringa vulgaris]]'' L. – common lilac - native to Balkans; naturalized in western and central Europe, and many scattered locations in North America<ref>{{cite web |title=Biota of North America Program county distribution map, ''Syringa vulgaris'' |url=http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Syringa%20vulgaris.png}}</ref>

===Hybrids===
*[[Syringa × chinensis|''S.'' × ''chinensis'']] (''S. vulgaris'' × ''S. persica'')
*[[Syringa × diversifolia|''S.'' × ''diversifolia'']] (''S. oblata'' × ''S. pinnatifolia'')
*''S.'' × ''henryi'' (''S. josikaea'' × ''S. villosa'')
*''S.'' × ''hyacinthiflora'' (''S. oblata'' × ''S. vulgaris'')
*''S.'' × ''josiflexa'' (''S. josikaea'' × ''S. komarowii'')
*[[Syringa × laciniata|''S.'' × ''laciniata'']] (''S. protolaciniata'' × ''S. vulgaris'') – cut-leaf lilac or cutleaf lilac
*[[Syringa × persica|''S.'' × ''persica'']] L. (syn ''Syringa protolaciniata'') – Persian lilac - Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas, Gansu, Qinghai
*''S.'' × ''prestoniae'' (''S. komarowii'' × ''S. villosa'')
*''S.'' × ''swegiflexa'' (''S. komarowii'' × ''S. sweginzowii'')