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6440.000 Jasminum - Jasmines
Description of the genus
Shrubs, often partly climbing or climbers. Leaves opposite, whorled or alternate, simple or compound. Domatia sometimes present in the axils of lateral nerves on the lower leaf surface. Inflorescences few-many flowered, cymose or solitary. Flowers scented. Calyx with cup-shaped tube and 5-15 teeth. Corolla white or yellow, salver-shaped with 5-13 lobes. Fruit a deeply 2-lobed, 2-seeded berry. Worldwide: 200 species, mainly tropical, with a few temperate. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinicum Hochst. ex DC. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| brachyscyphum Baker | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E | |
| fluminense Vell. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| multipartitum Hochst. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description |
| stenolobum Rolfe | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | |
| streptopus E. Mey. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Jasminum:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Jasminum pageFlora of Mozambique: Jasminum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Jasminum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Jasminum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Jasminum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Jasminum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Jasminum
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