Jasminum angustifolium (L.) Willd. var. angustifolium (Oleaceae): a new distribution record for West Bengal, India
Main Article Content
Abstract
Jasminum angustifolium (L.) Wild. var. angustifolium (Oleaceae), is reported here as an addition to the flora of West Bengal from natural habitats. Detailed morphology with field photographs are provided here to facilitate the correct taxon identification.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors own the copyright to the articles published in JoTT. This is indicated explicitly in each publication. The authors grant permission to the publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society to publish the article in the Journal of Threatened Taxa. The authors recognize WILD as the original publisher, and to sell hard copies of the Journal and article to any buyer. JoTT is registered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which allows authors to retain copyright ownership. Under this license the authors allow anyone to download, cite, use the data, modify, reprint, copy and distribute provided the authors and source of publication are credited through appropriate citations (e.g., Son et al. (2016). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the southeastern Truong Son Mountains, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(7): 8953–8969. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2785.8.7.8953-8969). Users of the data do not require specific permission from the authors or the publisher.
References
Balachandran, N. & K. Rajendiran (2016). The taxonomic identity of Jasminum matthewii (Oleaceae). Rheedea 26(1): 54–56.
Chandra, S. (2015). Oleaceae, pp. 358–369. In: Ranjan, V., P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S.S. Dash & H.J. Chowdhery (ed.). Flora of West Bengal, Vol 3. Series 3. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata.
Clarke, C.B. (1882). Oleaceae, pp. 591–603. In: Hooker, J.D. (ed.). Flora of British India, Vol. 3. L. Reeve & Co., London.
Deb, D.B. (1983). The Flora of Tripura State, Jasminum, Vol. 2. Today & Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi, 3 pp.
Gamble, J.S. (eds.) (1967). Flora of the Presidency of Madras, Vol. 2. Part 4. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, 555 pp.
Gastman, W.F. & N. Balachandran (2006). Jasminum angustifolium (L.) var. hirsutum Green (Oleaceae) – an addition to the flora of India from Tamil Nadu. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30(2): 365–367.
Giri, G.S., A. Pramanik & H.J. Chowdhery (2008). Materials for the flora of Arunachal Pradesh, Jasminum, Vol. 2. Series 2. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata, 498 pp.
Gogoi, R., N. Sherpa, J.H.F. Benjamin, D.K. Agarwala, S.K. Rai & S.S. Dash (2021). Flora of Sikkim: a pictorial guide. JICA assisted Sikkim Biodiversity Conservation & Forest Management Project, Forest & Management Project. Forest and Environment Department, Government of Sikkim. Botanical Survey of India, SHRC, Gangtok, Sikkim & BSI Headquarters, Kolkata, 286 pp.
Green, P.S. (1985). Notes on two jasmines from south India & Ceylon. Studies in the genus Jasminum (Oleaceae): IX. Kew Bulletin 40(1): 225–230. https://doi.org/10.2307/4108498
Green, P.S. & D. Miller (2009). The genus Jasminum in cultivation. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 110 pp.
Green, P.S. (2003). Synopsis of the Oleaceae from the Indian sub-continent. Kew Bulletin 58(2): 257–295. https://doi.org/10.2307/4120616
Haridasan, K. & R.R. Rao (1987). Forest Flora of Meghalaya, Jasminum, Vol. 2. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, 453–937 pp.
iNaturalist (2022). California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society. Available from https://www.inaturalist.org. Accessed on 15 October 2022.
Jeyarani, J.N., R. Yohannan, D. Vijayavalli, M.D. Dwivedi & A.K. Pandey (2018). Phylogenetic analysis and evolution of morphological characters in the genus Jasminum L. (Oleaceae) in India. Journal of Genetics 97(5): 1225–1239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-018-1019-4
Kalaiyarasi, A., M.V. Dhananjaya, S.A. Nair, R. Kumar, H.S. Yogeesha, P.M. Munikrishnappa, V. Devappa & S. Pavithra (2018). Studies on floral morphology in different genotypes of Jasminum sambac. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 88(11): 1789–1793.
Kanjilal, U.N., A. Das, P.C. Kanjilal & R.N. De (1939). Flora of Assam, Jasminum, Vol. 3. Prabasi Press, Calcutta, 578 pp.
Kew Herbarium Catalogue (2022). Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Available from http://www.kew.org/herbcat. Accessed on 15 October 2022.
Mallick, J.K. (2020). An annotated checklist of Dicotyledonus Angiosperms in Darjeeling Himalayas and foothills, West Bengal, India. Journal on New Biological Reports 9(2): 94–208.
Manilal, K.S. & V.V. Sivarajan (1982). Flora of Calicut. Jasminum. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, 159 pp.
Muthumperumal, C. & N. Parthasarathy (2009). Angiosperms, climbing plants in tropical forests of southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Check List 5(1): 92–111. https://doi.org/10.15560/5.1.92
Nair, K.K.N., K. Yesodharan & K.K. Unni (1997). Flora of KFRI Campuses Peechi, Nilambur and Velupadam in Trichur and Malappuram districts Kerala State, Vol. 1. KFRI Research Report, 106 pp.
POWO (2022). Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77171146-1. Accessed several times in 2022.
Prain, D. (1903). Bengal Plants, Jasminum, Vol. 1. W & Co. Printer & Publisher, Calcutta, 668 pp.
Sinha, G.P., D.K. Singh & K.P. Singh (eds.) (2012). Flora of Mizoram. Vol 2. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata, 60 pp.
Sinha, G.P. & A.N. Shukla (2020). Flora of Uttar Pradesh. Volume 2. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata, 120 pp.
Srivastava, S.K. (1987). Oleaceae in Himalaya. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 9(1): 187–192.
Srivastava, S.K. (2002). Threatened taxa of Jasminum L. in India. Phytotaxonomy 2: 94–99.
Srivastava, S.K. (2020). Oleaceae, pp. 73–85. In: Dash, S.S. & A.A. Mao (ed.). Flowering plants of India, Vol. 2. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata.
Sunil C.N. & M. Sivadasan (2009). Flora of Alappuzha district, Kerala, India. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, 413 pp.
Watson, M.F. (1999). Oleaceae, pp. 586–587. In: Grierson, A.J.C. & D.G. Long (ed.). Flora of Bhutan, Part 2. Vol 2. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.