| Gelsemium sempervirens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gelsemiaceae |
| Genus: | Gelsemium |
| Species: | G. sempervirens
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| Binomial name | |
| Gelsemium sempervirens | |
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Gelsemium sempervirens is a twining vine in the family Gelsemiaceae, native to subtropical and tropical America: Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo),[4] and southeastern and south-central United States (from Texas to Virginia).[5] It has a number of common names including yellow jessamine or confederate jessamine or jasmine,[6][7] Carolina jasmine or jessamine,[6][7] evening trumpetflower,[7][8] gelsemium[7] and woodbine.[7]
Yellow jessamine is the state flower of South Carolina.[9]
Despite its common name, the species is not a "true jasmine" and not of the genus Jasminum.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Tropicos, search for Gelsemium sempervirens
- ^ The Plant List, Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) J.St.-Hil.
- ^ Ornduff, R. 1970. The systematics and breeding system of Gelsemium (Loganiceae). Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 51(1): 1–17 includes description, drawings, distribution map, etc.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ a b "Gelsemium sempervirens". Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. University of South Florida. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ a b c d e "Gelsemium sempervirens". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ "Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) W. T. Aiton". Plants database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ "South Carolina State Flower | Yellow Jessamine". statesymbolsusa.org. November 2014. Retrieved 2019-10-15.