Jasminum

Translingual

Jasminum officinale

Etymology

From Persian یاسمین (yâsmin) (the Jasminum flower); named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).

Proper noun

Jasminum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Oleaceae – jasmines.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Oleaceae - family; Jasmineae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Jasminum officinale (common jasmine) - type species; Jasminum angulare, Jasminum auriculatum (Indian jasmine, needle-flower jasmine), Jasminum elongatum, Jasminum fruticans (bush jasmine, wild jasmine, now Chrysojasminum fruticans), Jasminum grandiflorum (Catalan jasmine, jasmin odorant, royal jasmine, Spanish jasmin), Jasminum humile (Italian jasmine, Italian yellow jasmine); syn. of Chrysojasminum humile), Jasminum ixoroides, Jasminum laurifolium (angel-wing jasmine), Jasminum marianum, Jasminum multiflorum (Indian jasmine, star jasmine, winter jasmine), Jasminum nervosum, Jasminum nudiflorum (winter jasmine), Jasminum odoratissimum (yellow jasmine, syn. of Chrysojasminum odoratissimum), Jasminum sambac (Arabian jasmine) - selected other species; for other species see Jasminum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• Chrysojasminum

References

• Jasminum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jasminum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Jasminum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Jasminum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Jasminum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Jasminum at USDA Plants database
• Jasminum at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Jasminum at Tropicos