= Lilac caerulea (Jonst.) Lunell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 506 (1916)
= Lilac cordatifolia Gilib.; Exerc. Phyt. 1: 1 (1792), opus utique oppr.
= Lilac suaveolens Gilib.; Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 1 (1782), opus utique oppr.
= Lilac vulgaris (L.) Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 2: 305 (1779)
= Lilac vulgaris (L.) Moench; Methodus [Moench] 431 (1794)
= Lilac vulgaris var. alba (Weston) Jacques & Hérincq; Man. Gén. Pl. 3: 54 (1857)
= Lilac vulgaris var. coerulea (Weston) Jacques & Hérincq; Man. Gén. Pl. 3: 54 (1857)
= Lilac vulgaris var. purpurea (Weston) Jacques & Hérincq; Man. Gén. Pl. 3: 54 (1857)
= Lilac vulgaris var. violacea (Aiton) Jacques & Hérincq; Man. Gén. Pl. 3: 54 (1857)
= Liliacum album (Weston) Renault; Fl. Orne 100 (1800)
= Liliacum vulgare (L.) Renault; Fl. Orne 100 (1800)
= Syringa alba (Weston) A.Dietr. ex Dippel; Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 112 (1889)
= Syringa albiflora Opiz; Naturalientausch 10: 239 (1825), nom. superfl.
= Syringa amoena K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), nom. inval.
= Syringa bicolor K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), nom. inval.
= Syringa caerulea Jonst.; Dendrographias, ed. 2: 2: 219 (1768)
= Syringa carlsruhensis K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), nom. inval.
= Syringa cordifolia Stokes; Bot. Comm. 1: 33 (1830), nom. superfl.
= Syringa cordifolia var. alba Stokes; Bot. Comm. 1: 32 (1830)
= Syringa cordifolia var. caerulescens Stokes; Bot. Comm. 1: 31 (1830)
= Syringa cordifolia var. purpurascens Stokes; Bot. Comm. 1: 31 (1830)
= Syringa latifolia Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 13 (1796), nom. illeg.
= Syringa lilac Garsault; Fig. Pl. Méd., t. 574 (1764), opus utique oppr.
= Syringa lilac Thouin; Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 20: 145 (1813), nom. superfl.
= Syringa lilac var. alba (Weston) Thouin; Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 20: 145 (1813)
= Syringa lilac var. purpurea (Weston) Thouin; Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 20: 145 (1813)
= Syringa lilac var. violacea (Aiton) Thouin; Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 20: 145 (1813)
= Syringa marliensis K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872)
= Syringa nigricans K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), nom. inval.
= Syringa notgeri K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), nom. inval.
= Syringa philemon K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), nom. inval.
= Syringa rhodopea Velen.; Reliq. Mrkvickanae [Velenovsky] 20 (1922)
= Syringa versaliensis K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), nom. inval.
= Syringa virginalis K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872)
= Syringa vulgaris f. alba (Weston) Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 [Siebert & Voss], 1: 652 (1894)
= Syringa vulgaris f. albipleniflora S.D.Zhao; Fl. Liaoningica 2: 1158 (1992)
= Syringa vulgaris f. coerulea (Weston) Schelle; Handb. Laubholzben. [Beissner et al.] 414 (1903)
= Syringa vulgaris f. purpurea (Weston) Schelle; Handb. Laubholzben. [Beissner et al.] 413 (1903)
= Syringa vulgaris f. violacea (Aiton) Schelle; Handb. Laubholzben. [Beissner et al.] 413 (1903)
= Syringa vulgaris var. alba Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 1: 15 (1789)
= Syringa vulgaris var. alba Burgsd.; Anl. Erzieh. Holzart. 251 (1787), nom. inval.
= Syringa vulgaris var. alba H.Mart.; Prodr. Fl. Mosq., Ed. Alt. 4 (1817)
= Syringa vulgaris var. alba Weston; Bot. Univ. 1: 289 (1770)
= Syringa vulgaris var. albiflora Bluff & Fingerh.; Comp. Fl. German. [Bluff & Fingerhuth] 1: 11 (1825)
= Syringa vulgaris var. albiflora Pancic; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 6: 536 (1856), nom. illeg.
= Syringa vulgaris var. caerulea Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 1: 15 (1789)
= Syringa vulgaris var. caerulea Weston; Bot. Univ. 1: 289 (1770)
= Syringa vulgaris var. caroli F.Neumann; Blumen-Zeitung 15: 202 (1842)
= Syringa vulgaris var. coerulea Weston; Bot. Univ. 1: 289 (1770)
= Syringa vulgaris var. colmariensis F.Neumann; Blumen-Zeitung 15: 202 (1842)
= Syringa vulgaris var. lilacina Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 272 (1826)
= Syringa vulgaris var. macrantha Borbás; Erdész. Lapok 1882: 883 (1882)
= Syringa vulgaris var. marlyensis F.Neumann; Blumen-Zeitung 15: 195 (1842)
= Syringa vulgaris var. media F.Neumann; Blumen-Zeitung 15: 201 (1842)
= Syringa vulgaris var. pulchella Velen.; Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. Prag, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. (Vestn. Král. Ceské Spolecn. Nauk., Tr. Mat.-Prír.) 37: 43 (1893 publ. 1894)
= Syringa vulgaris var. purpurea Burgsd.; Anl. Erzieh. Holzart. 251 (1787), nom. inval.
= Syringa vulgaris var. purpurea St.-Lag.; Étude Fl. [A.Cariot], éd. 8, 2: 564 (1889)
= Syringa vulgaris var. purpurea Weston; Bot. Univ. 1: 289 (1770)
= Syringa vulgaris var. regia St.-Lag.; Étude Fl. [A.Cariot], éd. 8, 2: 564 (1889)
= Syringa vulgaris var. rhotomagensis F.Neumann; Blumen-Zeitung 15: 202 (1842)
= Syringa vulgaris var. rosea H.Mart.; Prodr. Fl. Mosq., Ed. Alt. 4 (1817)
= Syringa vulgaris var. rubra Lodd. ex Loudon; Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 1209 (1838)
= Syringa vulgaris var. rubra-maxima F.Neumann; Blumen-Zeitung 15: 202 (1842)
= Syringa vulgaris var. semiplena F.Neumann; Blumen-Zeitung 15: 202 (1842)
= Syringa vulgaris var. sibbirica F.Neumann; Blumen-Zeitung 15: 201 (1842)
= Syringa vulgaris var. transsilvanica Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 451 (1866)
= Syringa vulgaris var. violacea Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 1: 15 (1789)
= Syringa vulgaris var. virginalis F.Neumann; Blumen-Zeitung 15: 202 (1842)