Oleaceae

Jasminum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 7 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Central China and Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Djibouti, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Eswatini, 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-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Türkey, Uganda, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, 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, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Leeward Is., Maldives, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, NW. Balkan Pen., Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Réunion, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Türkey-in-Europe, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

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)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2018 Nguyen, V.D., et al. [HNK-1874] Vietnam K000939600 No
Aug 30, 2018 Runi [63750] Malaysia K000939591 No
May 1, 2016 Sumbing Jimpin [136760] Malaysia K000939057 No
May 1, 2016 Phuong, V.X., et al. [HNK 767] Vietnam K000939082 No
Nov 13, 2015 Phuong, V.X., et al. [780] Vietnam K000938667 No
Nov 13, 2015 Cheng, S.K., et al. [CL1311] Cambodia K000938668 No
Oct 30, 2015 Rantai Jawa et al. [84201] Malaysia K000938690 No
Oct 30, 2015 Yahud Mahmud et al. [88104] Malaysia K000938692 No
Oct 30, 2015 Kandau Jenang [58095] Malaysia K000938691 No
Oct 30, 2015 Asik Mantor [122156] Malaysia K000938689 No
Jan 1, 2014 Bramley, G. [GB 77] Indonesia K000576249 No
Jul 6, 2007 de Wilde et al. [143952] Malaysia K000224493 No
Jan 1, 2007 Bardot-Vaucoulon, M.; Andriananantoanina [947] Madagascar K000197193 No
Jan 1, 2007 Bardot-Vaucoulon, M., et al. [1332] Madagascar K000197192 No
Jan 1, 2007 Nusbaumer, L.; Ranirison, P. [LN 1739] Madagascar K000197194 No
Jan 1, 2007 Bardot-Vaucoulon, M., et al. [1206] Madagascar K000197195 No
Dec 16, 2006 Poilane, M.E. [17921] Vietnam K000224329 No
Dec 16, 2006 Postar [145792] Malaysia K000224320 No
Dec 16, 2006 Barbon et al. [5633] Philippines K000224331 No
Dec 16, 2006 Fuentes, R. [38817] Philippines K000224326 No
Dec 16, 2006 Romero, E.; Majaducon, R. [29607] Philippines K000224316 No
Dec 16, 2006 Gaerlan et al. [26261] Philippines K000224315 No
Dec 16, 2006 Romero, E.; Majaducon, R. [24951] Philippines K000224317 No
Dec 16, 2006 Walker, J.S.; Cahill, A.J. [DB027] Indonesia K000224319 No
Dec 16, 2006 Gaerlan et al. [2877] Philippines K000224332 No
Dec 16, 2006 Romero, E.; Majaducon, R. [29607] Philippines K000224324 No
Dec 16, 2006 Argent et al. [108379] Malaysia K000224325 No
Dec 16, 2006 Krispinus, F. [139180] Malaysia K000224321 No
Dec 16, 2006 Ahmad, J. [17748] Brunei K000224318 No
Dec 16, 2006 Fuentes, R.; Fernando, L. [37328] Philippines K000224333 No
Dec 16, 2006 Reynoso et al. [4159] Philippines K000224327 No
Dec 16, 2006 Barbon et al. [9056] Philippines K000224323 No
Dec 16, 2006 Barbon et al. [9175] Philippines K000224322 No
Dec 16, 2006 Walker, J.S.; Cahill, A.J. [DB027] Indonesia K000196807 No
Dec 1, 2006 Reynoso et al. [11879] Philippines K000224312 No
Dec 1, 2006 Barbon et al. [5708] Philippines K000224311 No
Dec 1, 2006 Barbon et al. [22411] Philippines K000224313 No
Dec 1, 2006 Romero; Fuentes [37660] Philippines K000224314 No
Dec 1, 2006 Reynoso et al. [24490] Philippines K000224310 No
Dec 1, 2006 Barbon et al. [5511] Philippines K000224309 No
Apr 1, 2001 Wallich, N. [2862] India K000901384 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 1, 1984 Dallachy, J. [s.n.] Australia K000901547 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 1, 1984 MacGillivray, J. [3] Australia K000901549 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 1, 1984 Dämel, E. [s.n.] Australia K000901548 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 1, 1984 Armstrong, A. [1630] Australia K000901554 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 1, 1984 Schultz, F. [590] Australia K000901555 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1983 Dallachy, J. [s.n.] Australia K000901559 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000233113 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000233108 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000233112 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Welwitsch [932] Angola K000233114 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Swynnerton, C.F.M. [180a] Mozambique K000233111 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Yallah [55] Liberia K000040216 No
Jan 1, 1961 Baldwin, J.T. [11020] Liberia K000040215 No
Jan 1, 1955 Burke [s.n.] South Africa K000233068 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1955 Rehmann, A. [7706] South Africa K000233071 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1935 Greenwood, W.F.N. [656] Fiji K000901588 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1921 Wight, R. [2865] India K000901398 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1921 Wight, R. [1759] India K000901368 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1921 Wallich [2889] India K000901367 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1921 Röttler, J.P. [2865] India K000901397 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balslev, H.; Sutjaritjai, N.; Chamchumroon, V.; Eiserhardt, W. & S.; Sumanon, P.; Panyadee, P.; Kladwong, P.; Pakinamhang, B. [10010] Thailand K001600978 Yes
Noton, E. [Cat. no. 2858] India K001118062 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2866] Malaysia K001118077 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zenker, G.A. [3189] Cameroon K000233157 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2870] K001118090 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2889] K001118142 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [2847] K000901410 Unknown Type Material Yes
Klaine, R.P. [1190] Gabon K000233158 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2865] K001118074 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalerie, J. [4] China K000901353 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2866] Malaysia K001118076 Unknown Type Material Yes
MacGillivray, J. [s.n.] Australia K000901546 Syntype Yes
Lai; Rantai; et al. [S. 71164] Malaysia K001561709 Yes
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [3981-3] Equatorial Guinea K001572516 Yes
Nguyen, T.M.H.; O'Donnell, S.A. [0033] Vietnam K001560581 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2863] Burma K001118070 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2872] K001118094 Unknown Type Material Yes
Roxburgh, W. [2870] India K000901402 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [2864] Bangladesh K000901393 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000233119 Type Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [1477] South Africa K000233070 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [1477] South Africa K000233069 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rahman, M.A.; et al. [11662] Bangladesh K001639171 Yes
Rahman, M.A [9475a] Bangladesh K001635711 No
van Andel, T.; Mva, B.; Mamia, D. [TVA 4096] Cameroon K001635355 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2847] K001118019 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [2864] Bangladesh K000901392 Unknown Type Material Yes
Merrill, E.D. [1288] Philippines K000901516 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2847] K001118020 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forrest, G. [11667] China K000901354 Unknown Type Material Yes
Veitch [s.n.] Philippines K000901513 Unknown Type Material Yes
Armstrong, A. [1630] Australia K000901550 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2877] K001118108 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2889] India K001118141 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2859] K001118065 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2872] K001118096 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2862] Burma K001118068 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2864] K001118071 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000233118 Syntype Yes
Merrill, E.D. [1967] Philippines K000901515 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2872] K001118095 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000901498 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000233120 Syntype Yes
Wallich, N. [2864] Bangladesh K000901391 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2875] India K001118105 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baron, R. [6229] Madagascar K000233103 Type Yes
Inayat [22461] India K000901414 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2863] Burma K001118069 Unknown Type Material Yes
Inayat [22151] India K000901413 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1668] Sudan K000233146 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vidal, S. [3235] Philippines K000901518 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dallachy, J. [s.n.] Australia K000901551 Type Yes
Noton, B. [Cat. no. 2888] India K001118139 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2870] K001118091 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harley, W.J. [1168] Liberia K000040217 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2866] Malaysia K001118078 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2859] Burma K001118063 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haines, H.H. [4312] India K000545662 Holotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2872] K001118097 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baron, R. [6237] Madagascar K000233104 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2849] Nepal K001118024 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haines, H.H. [4312] India K000545661 Holotype Yes
Telfair, C. [Cat. no. 2890] Mauritius K001118143 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich [2876] Bangladesh K000901379 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000233121 Type Yes
Finlayson, G. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132385 Unknown Type Material Yes
MacGillivray, J. [3] Australia K000901553 Syntype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2872] K001118098 Unknown Type Material Yes
Poilane, E. [19064] Vietnam K000901467 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2871] K001118092 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 2861] Burma K001118067 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2865] India K001118075 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2864] K001118072 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2861] Burma K001118066 Unknown Type Material Yes
Inayat [22151] India K000901412 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cuming, H. [1790] Philippines K000901517 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cuming, H. [1790] Philippines K000901514 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haviland, G.D.; Hose, C. [3494] Malaysia K000901499 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2865] K001118073 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2877] India K001118107 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2847] K001118018 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2889] India K001118140 Unknown Type Material Yes
unknown [18108] K000233060 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bon, R.P. [4270] Vietnam K000901468 Isosyntype Yes
Haviland, G.D. [911] Malaysia K000901496 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2859] Burma K001118064 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [2861] Burma K000901403 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2874] India K001118104 Unknown Type Material Yes
Motley, J. [617] Indonesia K000901497 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2884] K001118116 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [2861] India K000901404 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomas, D.W. [7145] Cameroon K000028222 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2876] K001118106 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2872] K001118093 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dämel, E. [s.n.] Australia K000901552 Syntype Yes

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