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Accession Data:

Jasminum officinale L.

  • sect. Jasminum

  • Common Name: Poet's Jasmine
  • Family: Oleaceae Hoffsgg. & Link.

  • Country of Origin: Asia Minor, Himalayas, China
  • Habitat: Shrubberies and forests, usually on humus-rich soils, 1200 -

  • USDA Zone: 7b-10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502393
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2301 - Temperate Asia
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-14-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Oleaceae
  • SubFamily: Jasmineae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
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References (internal):

  • Type Species
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Tadzhikistan / Transcaucasus / Afghanistan / Iran / Turkey / China South-Central / Tibet / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / Nepal / Pakistan / West Himalaya /

References (external):

  1. Plants For A Future Website
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.

data regenerated on Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:21:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Oleaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Oleeae

  • Fraxininae: Fraxinus americana W/C
  • Ligustrinae: Ligustrum ovalifolium
  • Oleinae: Olea europaea
  • Oleinae: Olea europea 'Manzanillo'

Subfamily Forsythieae

  • Forsythia x intermedia 'Variegata'

Subfamily Jasmineae

  • Jasminum laurifolium var. laurifolium
  • Jasminum nudiflorum
  • Jasminum officinale
  • Jasminum polyanthum
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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