NOTES ON SYRINGA MEYERI SCHNEID. AND ITS CONFUSED SPECIES
蓝丁香及其混淆种的澄清

By comparing the type specimens, Syringa spontanea is distinguished from S. meyeri by the small suborbicular lamina palmately 5 veined and the dense pubescence on terete branchlets. Therefore, it is more consistent to recognize S. spontanea as a distinct species.