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Taxon:  Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl



Summary
Genus:
Fraxinus
Section:
Fraxinus
Family:
Oleaceae
Tribe:
Oleeae
Nomen number:
276
Place of publication:
Enum. pl. 1:52. 1804, nom. cons.
Comment:
conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.4 & App. IV) Fraxinus rotundifolia Mill., nom. rej.
Verified:
03/23/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl subsp. angustifolia (0 active accession[s])
Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl subsp. oxycarpa (M. Bieb. ex Willd.) Franco & Rocha Afonso (1 active accession[s])
Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl subsp. persica (Boiss.) Azadi (0 active accession[s])
Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl subsp. syriaca (Boiss.) Yalt. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl var. lentiscifolia (Desf.) A. Henry
Fraxinus lentiscifolia Desf.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 1990. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 37. Taxon 39:296.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. 2000
  5. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  6. Green, P. S. 1988. (914) Proposal to conserve the name Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl against F. rotundifolia Mill. (Oleaceae). Taxon 37:488-489.
  7. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  8. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  9. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  10. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  11. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984
  12. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  13. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  14. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  15. Wallander, E. 2008. Systematics of Fraxinus (Oleaceae) and evolution of dioecy. Pl. Syst. Evol. 273:28.
  16. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Common names
English
desert ash –
narrow-leaf ash –
German
schmalblättrige Esche –
Swedish
smalbladig ask –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraineKrym 
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaWestern Cape 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Western Cape]
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Environmentalshade/shelter Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Weed  Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=276. Accessed 21 July 2025.


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