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Jasminum parkeri, the dwarf jasmine, is a species of plant in the family Oleaceae.[1] It is a domed evergreen shrub, growing to about one foot in height, which bears a muddled bunch of small stems with tiny oval leaves. Teeming clusters of fragrant, tiny 5-lobed, yellow tubular flowers, from the axils of the leaves in early summer. Dwarf jasmine is a container plant or trained around topiary form.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Oleaceae |
| Genus: | Jasminum |
| Species: | J. parkeri
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The plant was originally collected from Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, India by Richard Neville Parker in 1920 as an ornamental plant and was sent to Kew botanical garden.[2] It is highly endemic.
Etymology
editJasminum is a Latinized form of the Arabic word, 'yasemin' for sweetly scented plants.[3]
References
edit- ^ RHS Plants. (2019). [online] Available at: https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/9456/Jasminum-parkeri/Details [Accessed 13 Mar. 2019].
- ^ Lal, B., Datta, A., Parkash, O. and Deosharan, R. (2014). Rediscovery of Jasminum parkeri Dunn, an endemic and endangered taxon from the western Himalaya, India. Biodiversity Research and Conservation, 34(1), pp.11-16.
- ^ Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 220
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