Syringa vulgaris in commerce today. Lemoine's "French lilacs" extended the limited color range to include deeper, more saturated hues, and they also introduced double-flowered "sports", with the stamens replaced by extra petals. These cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit: Syringa vulgaris Syringa vulgaris (lilac or common lilac) is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae, native to the Balkan Peninsula, where it grows on rocky hills. This species is widely cultivated as an ornamental and has been naturalized in other parts of Europe (including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy), as well as
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