Dear bee-lers,
 
I also questioned myself about the identity of yellow jasmine and got a
personnal reply from a member of the list.
 
Madelaine PYM is asking also what "yellow Jasmin" refers to.
 
 
In Europe we have the genus _Jasminium_ (family Oleaceae). Two species are
present in France :
 
Jasminium fruticans (Jasmin jaune = Yellow jasmin) and J. officinale (jasmin
blanc = white jasmin).
 
Our "yellow jasmin " is sometimes called "Spanish jasmin" and _ it blooms in
the winter _ from january to march, depending of the local meteorological
conditions, sometimes earlier in december. I've never seen any bees on it,
... I wander why !
 
Forsythia (Oleaceae) is now a very common shrub in Europe. I've never heard
myself people calling it "Jasmin". It blooms from mid- march to beginning of
april following conditions of course ...
 
Apparently the US "Yellow jasmin" is something different. Following Rod
Billett <[log in to unmask]>, Tomas mozer <[log in to unmask]> and
<[log in to unmask]> (personnal communication, sorry I trashed you complete
mail !) "yellow jessamine, or carolina jessamine refers to Gelsemium
sempervivens (family Loganiaceae)".
 
Sincerely,
 
 
 
 
Jean J. Menier
Professeur,
Laboratoire d'Entomologie,
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle,
45, rue Buffon,
F-75005 PARIS
 
Téléphone : 01 40 79 33 93 (direct), ou 34 00 (standard du labo).
Télécopie : " " " "  36 99
 
From foregin countries dial first 33 then 1 40 79 ... (no 0 before the 1)
 
 
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