Jasmine: ARABIAN / Grand Duke Of Tuscany #2

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

One of the most fragrant flowers in the world, has become synonymous with the monsoon in the tropics.

 

Nomenclature confusions abound because of the wide variations in petal and leaf structures and the same cultivar being called by different names in different parts of the same country.

The following 3 major distinctly different cultivars have been identified,

 

Belle Of India

Maid Of Orleans

Grand Duke Of Tuscany

==============================================================================

MAJOR JASMINE VARIETIES

Jasmine Asiatic - Trachelospermum asiaticum

Jasmine Carolina - Gelsemium sempervirens

Jasmine Confederate - Trachelospermum jasminoides

Jasmine Crepe / Pinwheel Jasmine - Trachelospermum divaricata

Jasmine Crepe 'Flore Peno' - Trachelospermum divaricata cv 'Flore Pleno'

Jasmine Downy - Jasminum pubescens / Jasminum multiflorum

Jasmine Gold Coast = Jasminum ilicifolium

Jasmine Lakeview - Murraya paniculata

Jasmine Night Blooming - Cestrum nocturnum

Jasmine Orange - Murraya paniculata

Jasmine Pink - Jasminum polyanthum

Jasmine Pinwheel - Tabernaemontana divaricata

Jasmine Primrose - Jasminium mesnyl

Jasmine Rex - Royal Jasmine

Jasminum sambac - Arabian Jasmine

Jasminum sambac - 'Grand Duke of Tuscany'

Jasminum sambac - 'Maid of Orleans'

Jasmine Shining - Jasminium nitidum

Jasmine Showy - Jasminum floridum

Jasmine Star - Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Star'

Jasmine Wax - Jasminum simplicifolium / Jasminum volubile

Jasmine Winter - Jasminum nudiflorum

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A day old flower is showing signs of wilting.

Jasminum sambac cv 'Grand Duke Of Tuscany"

Family Oleaceae

The Ghosh Grove, Rockledge, Florida, USA.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For more on Arabian Jasmine;

toptropicals.com/html/toptropicals/articles/shrubs/jasmin...

==============================================================================

Done