Jasminum didymum
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| Jasminum didymum subsp. racemosum. | |
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Jasminum didymum is a species of scrambling vine or low shrub. It is native to insular Southeast Asia from Java to the Philippines, as well as Australia (Northern Territory, Norfolk Island, and all states except Tasmania), as well as some islands in the Pacific (New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia and the Society Islands).[1] Jasminum didymum occurs naturally in habitats from rainforests to arid and semi-arid shrublands.[2]
Subspecies
Jasminum didymum is highly variable in leaf shape and habit and is subdivided into 3 subspecies based on these characteristics:[1]
- Jasminum didymum subsp. didymum - wide natural distribution
- Jasminum didymum subsp. lineare (R.Br.) P.S.Green[3] - Mainland Australia
- Jasminum didymum subsp. racemosum (F.Muell.) P.S.Green[3] - Queensland only
Images
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J. didymum subsp. didymum foliage. -
J. didymum subsp. didymum fruit. -
Jasminum didymym ssp. racemosum flowers -
Jasminum didymym ssp. lineare flowers
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Jasminum didymum
- ^ Forster, Johann Georg Adam. 1786. Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus 3, Jasminum didymum.
- ^ a b Green, Peter Shaw. 1984. Allertonia 3: 411-412.
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- Jasminum
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of Western Australia
- Flora of South Australia
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of Victoria (Australia)
- Flora of the Northern Territory
- Flora of Norfolk Island
- Flora of Malesia
- Flora of Papuasia
- Flora of Fiji
- Flora of New Caledonia
- Flora of Niue
- Flora of the Society Islands
- Flora of Australia
- Plants described in 1786
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