On checking all the posts in efi site for both the species, confusion remains despite the details and keys as above. This must have been further compounded by being in cultivation for a long period. Catalogue of Life <https://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/search/all/key/Jasminum+multiflorum/fossil/1/match/1> lists five varieties as below, *Jasminum multiflorum f. acuminatissimum* (Blume) Bakh.f. <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/fec8d7f5317f8cb42accd638709cb9c4/synonym/9603436c03e2a5ce5da5fa91a52c1344> synonym for *Jasminum elongatum* (P.J.Bergius) Willd. <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/fec8d7f5317f8cb42accd638709cb9c4/synonym/9603436c03e2a5ce5da5fa91a52c1344> *Jasminum multiflorum f. acuminatissimum* (Blume) Bakh.f. <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/fec8d7f5317f8cb42accd638709cb9c4/synonym/9603436c03e2a5ce5da5fa91a52c1344> synonym for *Jasminum elongatum* (P.J.Bergius) Willd. <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/fec8d7f5317f8cb42accd638709cb9c4/synonym/7e0594ceaf91faaf1fd85a9df4995e45> *Jasminum multiflorum f. subelongatum* (Blume) Bakh.f. <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/fec8d7f5317f8cb42accd638709cb9c4/synonym/c41db9b6dc3603bcbfa9b78f2c019816> synonym for *Jasminum elongatum* (P.J.Bergius) Willd. <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/fec8d7f5317f8cb42accd638709cb9c4/synonym/c41db9b6dc3603bcbfa9b78f2c019816>
*Jasminum multiflorum f. pubescens* (Retz.) Bakh.f. <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/79ef6a0298c4fe70a4d1ff4ed69d935b/synonym/feab2e5dce914a2537adb61fc7a3e88b> synonym for *Jasminum multiflorum* (Burm.f.) Andrews <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/79ef6a0298c4fe70a4d1ff4ed69d935b/synonym/feab2e5dce914a2537adb61fc7a3e88b> *Jasminum multiflorum var. nicobaricum* Thoth. <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/79ef6a0298c4fe70a4d1ff4ed69d935b/synonym/23763eeec7a6e16155018b1fb7372c3b> synonym for *Jasminum multiflorum* (Burm.f.) Andrews <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/79ef6a0298c4fe70a4d1ff4ed69d935b/synonym/23763eeec7a6e16155018b1fb7372c3b> Both Flora of Pakistan <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200017779> and Checklist of Nepal <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200017779> list *Jasminum elongatum* (Bergius) Willdenow as *Jasminum amplexicaule *Buch.-Ham. ex G. Don (This species resembles *Jasminum multiflorum* very much but differs in its shorter calyx teeth and corolla lobes, and in its scentless flowers. The venation of the leaves is more or less open in *Jasminum amplexicaule* whereas it is closed in *Jasminum multiflorum* as per Flora of Pakistan <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200017779>) Flora of Pakistan <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116771> gives the following keys: 16 (15) <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116771#KEY-1-15> *Flowers fragrant*; cymes sometimes axillary or on dwarf Lateral branchlets. Calyx fulvous-villous, teeth almost as long as the corolla tube. *Frequently cultivated* Jasminum multiflorum <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=210000873> + *Flowers scentless*; cymes terminal, Calyx pubescent, teeth of about half the length of the corolla tube. *Rarely cultivated* Jasminum amplexicaule <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200017779> (syn. of *Jasminum elongatum* (Bergius) Willdenow) However, some aspects appear to be contradictory to Flora of China description. On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 at 15:13, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is the description for both from Flora of China: > *Jasminum multiflorum* (N. L. Burman) Andrews > *Shrubs, scrambler or weak climbers to 3 m.* Branchlets terete, densely > pilose. Leaves opposite, simple; *petiole 5-10 mm, densely pilose*; *leaf > blade ovate-cordate*, often broadly so, 3-8 × 1.5-5 cm, papery*, ± > scattered pilose on both surfaces, glabrescent*, except on midrib and > veins, *base cordate*, *apex acute to sometimes slightly acuminate, > mucronulate*; primary veins 3 or 4 on each side of midrib. *Inflorescences > terminal on side shoots*, many flowered, congested; *bracts leafy, basal > ovate*, 1.5-2 cm, upper linear, 3-5 mm. *Pedicel 0-2 mm*. *Calyx densely > pilose*; tube ca. 1 mm; lobes 6-9, filiform, (2-)5-7 mm. *Corolla white, > sweetly scented; tube 1.2-1.5 cm;* *lobes 7-9, acute, *1-1.5 cm. *Fruit > not seen*. *Fl. Oct-Apr.* > *Widely cultivated in southern China and round the world [Native to India *and > perhaps elsewhere in SE Asia, but certainly not in Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri > Lanka, and doubtfully in Myanmar and Vietnam] > > *Jasminum elongatum* (Bergius) Willdenow > *Shrubs scandent, 1-7 m.* Branchlets terete, slightly pubescent to > densely tomentose. Leaves opposite, simple; *petiole 2-6 mm; leaf blade > ovate to lanceolate*, (1.5-)3-11 × 2-5.5 cm, papery, *pubescent or > glabrescent except for hairy veins abaxially,* *base rounded, truncate, > or subcordate*, *apex usually acute; *primary veins 3 or 4 on each side > of midrib. Cymes terminal or axillary, many flowered, congested; *bracts > linear or ovate-lanceolate*, 1-5(-9) mm. *Pedicel 1-4 mm*. *Calyx densely > tomentose to glabrescent*; lobes 6-8, subulate-filiform, 5-10(-14) mm. > *Corolla > white, salverform; tube 1.5-2 (-3) cm; lobes 6-9, lanceolate, *8-11(-14) > mm. *Berry black, subglobose or ovoid*, 1-1.2 cm × 5-8 mm.* Fl. Apr-Dec,* > fr. Aug-Mar. 2*n* = 26*. > Thickets, mixed forests; 0-900 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, > Yunnan [*India*, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam; N Australia] > *Jasminum elongatum* is a very widespread and variable species. > > > On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 at 14:49, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think it should be *Jasminum multiflorum* (Burm.f.) Andrews >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/oleaceae/jasminum/jasminum-multiflorum> >> as >> per images and details herein. >> *Jasminum multiflorum* (Burm.f.) Andrews >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/oleaceae/jasminum/jasminum-multiflorum> >> appears confusing with *Jasminum elongatum* (P.J.Bergius) Willd. >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/oleaceae/jasminum/jasminum-elongatum> >> Here are the keys from Flora of China to differentiate between the two: >> 44 (43) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=116771#KEY-1-43> >> Leaves >> ovate-cordate, base cordate, pilose on both surfaces; corolla tube 1.2-1.5 >> cm 36 Jasminum multiflorum >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210000873> >> + Leaves ovate to lanceolate, base often cuneate to rounded or truncate, >> pubescent or glabrous except along veins abaxially; corolla tube 1.5-3 cm. >> (45) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=116771#KEY-1-45> >> >> 45 (44) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=116771#KEY-1-44> >> Leaves >> usually acuminate, 4.5-15 cm; corolla lobes 1.2-1.7 cm 35 Jasminum >> tonkinense >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210000889> >> + Leaves acute, 1.5-11 cm; corolla lobes 0.8-1.1 cm 34 Jasminum >> elongatum >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210000859> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Aarti S. 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