Syringa Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", by Walt Whitman, lilacs are a reference to Abraham Lincoln. "Syringa vulgaris" is the state flower of New Hampshire, because it "is symbolic of that hardy character of the men and women of the Granite State" (New Hampshire Revised Statute Annotated (RSA) 3:5). Several locations in North America hold annual Lilac Festivals, including: Species and subspecies currently accepted as of July 2016: Syringa Syringa (lilac) is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering woody plants in the olive family (Oleaceae), native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and widely
Black tree monitor Black tree monitor The black tree monitor or Beccari's monitor ("Varanus beccarii") is a species of lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is a relatively small member of the family, growing to about in total length (including tail). "V. beccarii" is endemic to the Aru Islands off New Guinea, living in an arboreal habitat. The skin color of adults is completely black, to which one common name refers. "V. beccarii" was first described as "Monitor beccarii" by Doria, in 1874. Years later, it was classified as a subspecies of the emerald tree monitor ("V. prasinus"), but a 1991 review