Editing Syringa (section)

=== Taxonomy ===
The genus ''Syringa'' was first formally described in 1753 by [[Carl Linnaeus]] and the description was published in ''[[Species Plantarum]]''.<ref name="Kew" /><ref name="L.">{{cite book|last1=Linnaeus |first1=Carl |title=Species Plantarum |date=1 May 1753|location=London |page=9 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13829#page/21/mode/1up|access-date=1 July 2016}}</ref> The genus name ''Syringa'' is derived from [[Ancient Greek]] word ''syrinx'' meaning "pipe" or "tube" and refers to the hollow branches of ''[[Syringa vulgaris|S. vulgaris]]''.<ref name="Bo">{{cite web|last1=Jensen |first1=Bo |title=Lilac (''Syringa vulgaris'') |url=http://www.bojensen.net/EssentialOilsEng/EssentialOils17/EssentialOils17.htm |publisher=Bo Jensen:Essential Oils |access-date=1 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=syrinx |title= Origin and meaning of syrinx |last=Harper |first=Douglas |date= 8 January 2014 |website=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=<!-- date too far back? -->}}</ref>

Homonym ''Syringa'' <small>Tourn. ex Adans.</small> is a heterotypic [[synonym (taxonomy)|synonym]] of [[Philadelphus]].<ref name="Kew">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37170-1 |title= ''Syringa'' Tourn. ex Adans. |date= 2022 | website=Plants of the World Online |publisher= [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |access-date=10 December 2022 }}</ref>