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Jasminum elongatum

(Ear-Leaf Jasmine, Earleaf Jasmine)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Ear-Leaf Jasmine, Earleaf Jasmine

Description

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Family Oleaceae

Trees or erect or scandent shrubs . Branches and branchlets lenticellate . Leaves opposite, rarely alternate or whorled , simple , trifoliolate , or pinnately compound , without stipules; venation pinnate or palmate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary , in cymes, panicles, racemes , umbels, or fascicles. Flowers actinomorphic , bisexual , rarely unisexual or polygamous and plants monoecious, dioecious, or polygamodioecious. Calyx 4(-16) -lobed or -parted, rarely absent. Corolla 4(-16) -lobed, sometimes almost free to base , rarely absent; lobes sometimes united in pairs at base or into a very short tube . Stamens 2(-4), inserted on corolla tube or hypogynous; anthers dehiscing longitudinally; pollen 3-colpate or 3-colporate. Ovary superior, 2-loculed; ovules 2 in each locule, sometimes 1 or numerous . Style 1 or absent; stigma 2-lobed or capitate. Fruit a drupe, berry, capsule, or samara. Seeds with straight embryo, with or without endosperm; radicle curved upward or downward.

About 28 genera and over 400 species: tropical , subtropical , and temperate regions of world, but mainly in Asia. China has 10 genera and 160 species (95 endemic) and is the center of diversity for the genera Forsythia, Syringa, Osmanthus, and Ligustrum.

Many genera are important economically: Fraxinus and Forsythia (medicinal, ornamental ) ; Jasminum, Osmanthus, and Syringa (spice, ornamental) ; Olea (oil ) ; and Fraxinus (timber) .Mei-chen Chang, Lien-ching Chiu, Zhi Wei & Peter S. Green "Oleaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 272. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Genus Jasminum

Trees or erect or scandent shrubs , evergreen or deciduous. Branchlets terete or angular and grooved . Leaves opposite or alternate, rarely whorled , simple , 3-foliolate, or odd-pinnate; petiole usually articulated. Inflorescences basically cymose , in panicles, racemes , corymbs, umbels, or heads ; bracts subulate or linear , sometimes leafy. Flowers bisexual , usually heterostylous, usually fragrant. Calyx campanulate , cupular, or funnelform , 4-16-lobed. Corolla white or yellow, rarely red or purple, salverform or funnelform; lobes 4-16, imbricate in bud, sometimes doubled in cultivation. Stamens 2, included , inserted about middle of corolla tube ; filaments short; anthers dorsifixed , introrse . Ovules 1 or 2 in each locule. Style filiform ; stigma capitate or 2-lobed. Fruit a berry, didymous or one half aborted. Seeds without endosperm; radicle downward.

More than 200 species: Africa, Asia, Australia, South Pacific Islands, one species in the Mediterranean region; 43 species in China."Jasminum". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 307. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Jasminum elongatum (Berg.) Willd.
  2. Jasminum elongatum (P. J. Bergius) Willd.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Place of publication : Sp. pl. 1(1):37. 1797

Name verified on 01-May-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 06-Aug-2002

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Jasminum

There are approximately 681 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

J. stephanense · J. absimile · J. abyssinicum · J. aculeatum · J. acuminatissimum · J. acuminatum · J. adenophyllum (Bluegrape Jasmine) · J. adiantifolium · J. aemulum (Malulee) · J. aemulum f. aemulum · J. aemulum f. interstans · J. aemulum forma aemulum · J. aemulum forma interstans · J. aemulum var. aemulum · J. aemulum var. brassii · J. aemulum var. genuinum · J. aemulum var. glaberrimum · J. affine · J. affine 'Inverleith' · J. afu · J. agastyamalayanum · J. albicalyx · J. albidum · J. aldabrarum · J. aldabrense · J. alongense · J. amabile · J. ambiguum · J. amboinense · J. amoenum · J. amplexicaule · J. anastomosans · J. andamanicum · J. angolense · J. angulare (South African Jasmine) · J. angulare 'Anne Shelton' · J. angustifolium · J. angustifolium var. hirsutum · J. angustifolium var. sessiliflorum · J. angustilobium · J. angustitubum · J. anisophyllum · J. annamense · J. annamense glabrescens · J. annamense kerrii · J. annamense subsp. glabrescens · J. annamense subsp. kerrii · J. anodontum · J. aphanodon · J. apoense · J. arborescens · J. arboreum · J. arenarium · J. argyi · J. aristatum · J. artense · J. asphanodon · J. attenuatum · J. augeronii · J. aureum · J. auriculatum · J. australe · J. azoricum var. bahiense · J. azoricum var. travancorense · J. bahiense · J. bakeri · J. balakrishnanii · J. banlanense · J. barrelieri · J. basilei · J. batanensis · J. beesianum (Beesianum Jasmine) · J. beesianum 'Ruby' · J. bequaertii · J. betchei · J. bicorollatum · J. bidwillii · J. bieleri · J. bifarium · J. biflorum · J. bignoniaceum · J. bignoniaceum subsp. zeylanicum · J. bignoniaceum zeylanicum · J. blancoi · J. blandum · J. blinii · J. bodinieri · J. bogosense · J. brachyscyphum · J. bracteatum · J. brevidentatum · J. breviflorum · J. brevilobum · J. brevipes · J. brevipetiolatum · J. brieyi · J. buchananii · J. bukobense · J. burmannianum · J. bussei

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Last Revised: 2008-08-21