[3] China: Sichuan, southeastern Tibet, and northwestern Yunnan provinces.

[3] Pinetorum, meaning 'associated with pines, of pine woods' from the genitive plural of pinus.

[3][4] Syringa is derived from the Greek word syrinx, meaning 'pipe' or 'tube'.

Named for the use of its hollow stems to make flutes.

In Greek mythology, the nymph Syringa was changed into a reed.