View source for Gelsemium sempervirens

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|accepted_name=Gelsemium sempervirens
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) J. St.-Hilaire
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Expos. Fam. Nat.
|place=1: 338. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|common_names=Yellow jessamine
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Bignonia sempervirens
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 623.  1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Gelsemium nitidum
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Gelsemiaceae;Gelsemium;Gelsemium sempervirens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Gelsemiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gelsemium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Gelsemium sempervirens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 2–5.1 mm, glabrous or scabridulous; blade lanceolate, elliptic, or ovate, 2–7 × 0.8–2.1 cm, base rounded to cuneate, apex obtuse, acute, or acuminate, abaxial surface glabrous or slightly scabridulous at base, adaxial surface glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> bracteolate on distal 1/2. <b>Inflo</b>rescences solitary flowers or cymes, 2- or 3-flowered. <b>Flowers</b> usually fragrant; sepals lanceolate, oblong, or ovate, 4.3–4.6 × 1.5–1.6 mm, apex obtuse to narrowly rounded, surfaces glabrous; pin flowers: tube 14–27 mm, lobes ovate to suborbiculate, 6.8–10 × 6.5–9.5 mm, surfaces glabrous; filaments 9.1–10.6 mm; anthers 3.9–4.1 mm; styles 12–22.3 mm; thrum flowers: tube 17–24 mm, lobes ovate to suborbiculate, 8.5–13 × 6.8–-12.1 mm, surfaces glabrous; filaments 19–22 mm; anthers 4–4.1 mm; styles 5–12.1 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 13–25 × 7–12 mm, beak 1–2 mm. <b>Seeds</b> unilaterally winged, 4.7–5.4 × 3.1–3.3 mm, wing 5–5.7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–May (also sporadically in fall); fruiting Sep–Nov.
|habitat=Sandy maritime forests to dry upland forests to moist pine flatwoods to swamp forests, roadsides, thickets.
|elevation=0–1900 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico (Chiapas;Oaxaca;Puebla;Veracruz);Central America (Guatemala).
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name=Gelsemium sempervirens
|authority=(Linnaeus) J. St.-Hilaire
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Gelsemium nitidum
|basionyms=Bignonia sempervirens
|family=Gelsemiaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–May (also sporadically in fall); fruiting Sep–Nov.
|habitat=Sandy maritime forests to dry upland forests to moist pine flatwoods to swamp forests, roadsides, thickets.
|elevation=0–1900 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico (Chiapas;Oaxaca;Puebla;Veracruz);Central America (Guatemala).
|reference=None
|publication title=Expos. Fam. Nat.
|publication year=1805
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=
|genus=Gelsemium
|species=Gelsemium sempervirens
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