Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Lamiales > Family Oleaceae > Genus Fraxinus

Fraxinus excelsior L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fraxinus*	L.	accepted genus name
*Fraxinus americana*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Fraxinus angustifolia*	Vahl	taxonomically included in
*Fraxinus dimorpha*	Coss. & Durieu	taxonomically included in
*Fraxinus excelsior*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Fraxinus latifolia*	Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Fraxinus ornus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Fraxinus pallisiae*	Wilmott	taxonomically included in
*Fraxinus pennsylvanica*	Marshall	taxonomically included in
*Ornus*	Boehm.	synonym

Species group names

*Fraxinus excelsior subsp. coriariifolia*	(Scheele) A. E. Murray	taxonomically included in
*Fraxinus excelsior subsp. excelsior*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Fraxinus excelsior subsp. siciliensis*	Ilardi & Raimondo	taxonomically included in

Children

Fraxinus excelsior L. subsp. excelsior
Fraxinus excelsior subsp. coriariifolia (Scheele) A. E. Murray
Fraxinus excelsior subsp. siciliensis Ilardi & Raimondo

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aragonese: flagino; flaxino; fleja; fragen; fragino; frágino; fráixin; frasno; fraxin; freix; freixa; freixe; fréixel; freixen; fresno sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Asturian: fresna; fresniu; fresno; fresnu sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Basque: eizar; leizarra; lizar; lizar arrunt; lizarr; lizarra; lizarrá; ostolizarr sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Catalan: estancasang; fleix; freija; freix; freixe; freixe de fulla gran; freixe fulla gran; frejú; frexe; frexera; frix sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Finnish: (lehto)saarni sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Galician: freiso; freixa; freixeira; freixo; freixo comun; fresno; frexo; mañizas; pulleiro sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

German: Gewöhnliche Esche sources: Hand, R., Thieme, M. & Mitarbeiter 2022: Florenliste von Deutschland (Gefäßpflanzen), begründet von Karl Peter Buttler, Version 12 – https://www.kp-buttler.de

Greek: Μέλεγος; Μέλιος; Φράξος sources: Voliotis, D. & Athanasiadis, N. 1971: Dendra ke thamni [Trees and shrubs; in Greek]. – Thessaloniki

High Aragonese: flaichí; flaxino; fleixín; frachín; frachino; fragino; fraichín; fraix; fraixín; fraixino; frajen; frajín; frasín; frasino; frasno; fraxino; fraxinu; freix; freixal; freixe; fréixel; freixín; frexenco sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Majorcan: abre ver; abrever; estancasanch; fleix sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Portuguese: freixo; freixo vulgar; freixo-europeu sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Spanish, Castillian: fleja; fragino; frágino; frejú; fresno; fresno común; fresno común verdadero; fresno de hoja ancha; fresno de Vizcaya; fresno elevado; fresno europeo; fresno norteño; frexno; frexo sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: ask sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Valencian: fleix

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Sp. Pl.: 1057. 1753

Genbank

Citation

Raab-Straube, E. von 2022+: Oleaceae. - In: Euro+Med-PlantBase - the information resource for Euro+Mediterranean plant diversity. Fraxinus excelsior L. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/eb3b5d4e-9a7b-4648-87e6-1cb89462c45e