- Family:
- Oleaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Jasminum L.

[FZ]
Oleaceae, F. K. Kupicha. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrubs, often with climbing habit.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, verticillate or alternate, simple or compound, glabrous or hairy; acarodomatia sometimes present in axils of lateral nerves on lower leaf surface.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences few– to many–flowered, cymose, or flowers solitary; flowers sweetly scented.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx with cup–shaped tube and (4) 5–15 teeth.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla white and often pink on reverse, or yellow, hypocrateriform, glabrous; lobes imbricate, (4)5–13.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 2, inserted in or at mouth of corolla tube; filaments short, anthers introrse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary bilocular; style slender, either exceeding corolla tube or half as long (flowers heterostylous); stigma bilobed but lobes remaining together.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a deeply bilobed 2–seeded berry, often one lobe aborting.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds without endosperm.
[FTEA]
Oleaceae, W. B. Turrill. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1952
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrubs, generally climbing or scrambling
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple or compound, opposite, whorled, or spirally arranged
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary or in generally few-flowered simple or compound cymes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx with a more or less campanulate tube and variously developed lobes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla hypocrateriform, with a usually slender essentially narrow-cylindrical tube surmounted by 4–10 imbricate lobes; often sweet-scented and white, yellow, or flushed pink
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 2, inserted high up in the corolla tube on short filaments
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary bilocular; style slender; stigma capitate, clavate, or bilobed; ovules generally 2 in each loculus
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a berry, deeply bilobed (didymous) or simple by aborption of one lobe
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds solitary in a lobe, erect; endosperm absent.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrubs, often climbing
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, whorled or alternate, simple or compound, with small depressions occupied by mites (acarodomatia) sometimes present in axils of lateral nerves of lower leaf surface
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Flowers heterostylous, in few- to many-flowered cymes or solitary, sweetly scented
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-lobes (4–)5–15
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla salver-shaped with a long tube; lobes (4–)5–13, imbricate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 2; anthers introrse
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 2-celled; style slender, either exceeding corolla tube or about half as long; stigma bilobed but lobes ± remaining together
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a deeply 2-lobed 2-seeded berry (or simple by abortion)
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds without endosperm.
- Distribution
- Genus of 190 or more species in the Old World, most of them in tropical regions.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turkey, Uganda, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Bulgaria, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Christmas I., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, France, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Leeward Is., Maldives, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Réunion, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Yugoslavia
- Jasminum abyssinicum Hochst. ex DC.
- Jasminum acuminatum (Lam.) Pers.
- Jasminum adenophyllum Wall. ex C.B.Clarke
- Jasminum agastyamalayanum Sabeena, Asmitha, Mulani, E.S.S.Kumar & Sibin
- Jasminum alongense Gagnep.
- Jasminum amabile H.Hara
- Jasminum ambiguum Blume
- Jasminum amoenum Blume
- Jasminum andamanicum N.P.Balakr. & N.G.Nair
- Jasminum angolense Baker
- Jasminum angulare Vahl
- Jasminum angustifolium (L.) Willd.
- Jasminum annamense Wernham
- Jasminum anodontum Gagnep.
- Jasminum aphanodon Baker
- Jasminum apoense Elmer
- Jasminum arborescens Roxb.
- Jasminum artense Montrouz.
- Jasminum attenuatum Roxb. ex G.Don
- Jasminum auriculatum Vahl
- Jasminum azoricum L.
- Jasminum bakeri Scott Elliot
- Jasminum batanensis Kiew
- Jasminum beesianum Forrest & Diels
- Jasminum betchei F.Muell.
- Jasminum bhumibolianum Chalermglin
- Jasminum brachyscyphum Baker
- Jasminum breviflorum Harv.
- Jasminum brevilobum DC.
- Jasminum brevipetiolatum Duthie
- Jasminum calcareum F.Muell.
- Jasminum calcicola Kerr
- Jasminum calophyllum Wall. ex G.Don
- Jasminum campyloneurum Gilg & G.Schellenb.
- Jasminum cardiomorphum P.S.Green
- Jasminum carinatum Blume
- Jasminum carissoides Kerr
- Jasminum caudatum Wall. ex Lindl.
- Jasminum celebicum Merr.
- Jasminum cinnamomifolium Kobuski
- Jasminum coarctatum Roxb.
- Jasminum coffeinum Hand.-Mazz.
- Jasminum cordatum Ridl.
- Jasminum cordifolium Wall. ex G.Don
- Jasminum craibianum Kerr
- Jasminum crassifolium Blume
- Jasminum cumingii Merr.
- Jasminum curtisii King & Gamble
- Jasminum cuspidatum Rottler
- Jasminum dallachyi F.Muell.
- Jasminum dasyphyllum Gilg & G.Schellenb.
- Jasminum decipiens P.S.Green
- Jasminum decussatum Wall. ex G.Don
- Jasminum degeneri Kobuski
- Jasminum dichotomum Vahl
- Jasminum didymum G.Forst.
- Jasminum dinklagei Gilg & G.Schellenb.
- Jasminum dispermum Wall.
- Jasminum dolichopetalum Merr. & Rolfe
- Jasminum domatiigerum Lingelsh.
- Jasminum duclouxii (H.Lév.) Rehder
- Jasminum eberhardtii Gagnep.
- Jasminum elatum Pancher ex Guillaumin
- Jasminum elegans Knobl.
- Jasminum elongatum (P.J.Bergius) Willd.
- Jasminum extensum Wall. ex G.Don
- Jasminum flavovirens Gilg & G.Schellenb.
- Jasminum flexile Vahl
- Jasminum fluminense Vell.
- Jasminum foveatum R.H.Miao
- Jasminum fuchsiifolium Gagnep.
- Jasminum gilgianum K.Schum.
- Jasminum glaucum (L.f.) Aiton
- Jasminum grandiflorum L.
- Jasminum greveanum Danguy ex H.Perrier
- Jasminum griffithii C.B.Clarke
- Jasminum guangxiense B.M.Miao
- Jasminum harmandianum Gagnep.
- Jasminum hasseltianum Blume
- Jasminum honghoense K.Zhang & D.X.Zhang
- Jasminum hongshuihoense Z.P.Jien ex B.M.Miao
- Jasminum insigne Blume
- Jasminum insularum Kerr
- Jasminum ixoroides Elmer
- Jasminum jenniae W.K.Harris & G.Holmes
- Jasminum kajewskii C.T.White
- Jasminum kaulbackii P.S.Green
- Jasminum kedahense (King & Gamble) Ridl.
- Jasminum kerstingii Gilg & G.Schellenb.
- Jasminum kitchingii Baker
- Jasminum kostermansii Kiew
- Jasminum kriegeri Guillaumin
- Jasminum kwangense Liben
- Jasminum lanceolaria Roxb.
- Jasminum lasiosepalum Gilg & G.Schellenb.
- Jasminum latipetalum C.B.Clarke
- Jasminum laurifolium Roxb. ex Hornem.
- Jasminum laxiflorum Gagnep.
- Jasminum ledangense Kiew
- Jasminum listeri King ex Gage
- Jasminum longipetalum King & Gamble
- Jasminum longitubum L.C.Chia ex B.M.Miao
- Jasminum mackeeorum P.S.Green
- Jasminum macrocarpum Merr.
- Jasminum magnificum Lingelsh.
- Jasminum maingayi C.B.Clarke
- Jasminum malabaricum Wight
- Jasminum marianum DC.
- Jasminum melastomifolium Ridl.
- Jasminum mesnyi Hance
- Jasminum meyeri-johannis Engl.
- Jasminum microcalyx Hance
- Jasminum molle R.Br.
- Jasminum mossamedense Hiern
- Jasminum mouilaense Breteler
- Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andrews
- Jasminum multinervosum Kiew
- Jasminum multipartitum Hochst.
- Jasminum multipetalum Merr.
- Jasminum narcissiodorum Gilg & G.Schellenb.
- Jasminum nardydorum Breteler
- Jasminum neocaledonicum Schltr.
- Jasminum nepalense Spreng.
- Jasminum nervosum Lour.
- Jasminum newtonii Gilg & G.Schellenb.
- Jasminum niloticum Gilg
- Jasminum nintooides Rehder
- Jasminum nobile C.B.Clarke
- Jasminum noldeanum Knobl.
- Jasminum noumeense Schltr.
- Jasminum nudiflorum Lindl.
- Jasminum nummulariifolium Baker
- Jasminum obtusifolium Baker
- Jasminum octocuspe Baker
- Jasminum officinale L.
- Jasminum oliganthum Quisumb. & Merr.
- Jasminum oreophilum Kiew
- Jasminum papuasicum Lingelsh.
- Jasminum parceflorum Kai Zhang & D.X.Zhang
- Jasminum pauciflorum Benth.
- Jasminum paucinervium Ridl.
- Jasminum pedunculatum Gagnep.
- Jasminum pellucidum Airy Shaw
- Jasminum peninsulare Kiew
- Jasminum pentaneurum Hand.-Mazz.
- Jasminum pericallianthum Kobuski
- Jasminum perissanthum P.S.Green
- Jasminum pierreanum Gagnep.
- Jasminum pipolyi W.N.Takeuchi
- Jasminum polyanthum Franch.
- Jasminum populifolium Blume
- Jasminum prainii H.Lév.
- Jasminum preussii Engl. & Knobl.
- Jasminum promunturianum Däniker
- Jasminum pseudopinnatum Merr. & Rolfe
- Jasminum pteropodum H.Perrier
- Jasminum puberulum Baker
- Jasminum punctulatum Chiov.
- Jasminum quinatum Schinz
- Jasminum rambayense Kuntze
- Jasminum ranongense Kiew
- Jasminum rehderianum Kobuski
- Jasminum ritchiei C.B.Clarke
- Jasminum rufohirtum Gagnep.
- Jasminum rupestre Blume
- Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton
- Jasminum sarawacense King & Gamble
- Jasminum scandens (Retz.) Vahl
- Jasminum schimperi Vatke
- Jasminum sessile A.C.Sm.
- Jasminum siamense Craib
- Jasminum simplicifolium G.Forst.
- Jasminum sinense Hemsl.
- Jasminum smilacifolium Griff. ex C.B.Clarke
- Jasminum spectabile Ridl.
- Jasminum steenisii Kiew
- Jasminum stellipilum Kerr
- Jasminum stenolobum Rolfe
- Jasminum × stephanense É.Lemoine
- Jasminum streptopus E.Mey.
- Jasminum subglandulosum Kurz
- Jasminum syringifolium Wall. ex G.Don
- Jasminum tetraquetrum A.Gray
- Jasminum thomense Exell
- Jasminum tomentosum Knobl.
- Jasminum tortuosum Willd.
- Jasminum trichotomum B.Heyne ex Roth
- Jasminum tubiflorum Roxb.
- Jasminum turneri C.T.White
- Jasminum urophyllum Hemsl.
- Jasminum verdickii De Wild.
- Jasminum vidalii P.S.Green
- Jasminum vietnamense B.H.Quang & Joongku Lee
- Jasminum waitzianum Blume
- Jasminum wengeri C.E.C.Fisch.
- Jasminum wrayi King & Gamble
- Jasminum yuanjiangense P.Y.Pai
- Jasminum zippelianum Blume
Jasminum L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1974 | Yallah [55], Liberia | K000040216 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1961 | Baldwin, J.T. [11020], Liberia | K000040215 | No | ||
Harley, W.J. [1168], Liberia | K000040217 | No | |||
Finlayson, G. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132385 | Yes | |||
Thomas, D.W. [7145], Cameroon | K000028222 | No |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 7 (1753)
Accepted by
- Green, P. & Miller, D. (2009). The genus Jasminum in cultivation: 1-150. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Green, P.S. (2006). World Checklist of Oleaceae Manuscript Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Gilg & Schellenberg in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 51: 77 (1913).
- —F.T.A. 4, 1: 1
Flora Zambesiaca
- Sp. Pl. 1: 7 (1753).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 7 (1754)
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