(Last Modified On 7/8/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/8/2013)
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Species
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Jasminum grandiflorum L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1., ed. 2. 9. 1762.
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Note
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TYPE: Eastern Asia, Herb. Linn (LINN 17.2, not seen, MO, microfiche)
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Synonym
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Jasminum officinale L. var. grandiflorum (L.) Stokes, Bot. Comment. 1: 21. 1830. Jasminum officinale f. grandiflorum (L.) Kobuski, J. Arnold Arbor. 13: 161. 1932.
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Description
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Sprawling shrubs to several m long; branches slender, weak, terete, ridged or grooved, mostly solid. Leaves pinnate, lobed or dissected, mostly 5-7-foliolate, to 8 cm long, 3-6 cm wide; leaflets ovate, apically acute, obtuse or rounded, sometimes mucronulate, basally obtuse, rounded or truncate, glabrate, the mid- vein prominent, the minor venation obscure; petiole 1-4 cm long, glabrous, the rachis sometimes narrowly winged; petiolules short or wanting, basally pubescent in the axil. Inflorescences few-flowered, terminal cymes, the terminal peduncle shorter than those subtending it, sometimes with entire, foliaceous bracts; pe- duncles 1-2 cm long, slender, demarcated from the similar, 5-15 mm long pedicels by minute bractlets. Flowers fragrant; calyx cup 1-3 mm long, glabrous, the lobes linear, glabrate, to 10 mm long; corolla white, drying yellowish, salverform, the tube 15-20 mm long, slender, sometimes curved, the lobes mostly 5, narrow, 15-25 mm long. Fruits not seen.
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Habit
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shrubs
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Distribution
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This species is native to subtropical regions of Southwest Asia.
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Note
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It is quite simi- lar to J. officinale L., differing in having larger flowers, slightly different inflores- cence structure, and in not being cold-hardy. In southern France J. grandiflorum is cultivated for the perfume industry.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: Villa Caceres, Cuidad de Panama, Carrasquilla 243 (MO). In garden, Panama City, Maurice 757 (US). Town of Taboga, Taboga Island, Mori et al. 4082 (MO).
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