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Gelsemiaceae is a family of flowering plants, belonging to the order Gentianales. The family contains only three genera: Gelsemium, Mostuea and Pteleocarpa. Gelsemium has three species, one native to Southeast Asia and southern China and two native to Central America, Mexico, and the southeastern United States.
Gelsemium is an Asian and North American genus of flowering plants belonging to family Gelsemiaceae. The genus contains three species of shrubs to straggling or twining climbers. Two species are native to North America, and one to China and Southeast Asia.
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Gelsemium sempervirens can grow to 3–6 m (10–20 ft) high when given suitable climbing support in trees, with thin stems. The plant is perennial. The leaves are evergreen, lanceolate, 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long and 1–1.5 cm (3⁄8–5⁄8 in) broad, and lustrous, dark green. The flowers are borne in clusters, the individual flowers yellow, sometimes with an or...
Some 19th century sources identified Gelsemium sempervirens as a folk remedy for various medical conditions.[citation needed]
All parts of this plant contain the toxic strychnine-related alkaloids gelsemine and gelseminine and should not be consumed. The sap may cause skin irritation in sensitive individuals. Children, mistaking this flower for honeysuckle, have been poisoned by sucking the nectar from the flower. The nectar is also toxic to honeybees, which may cause bro...
Despite the hazards, this is a popular garden plant in warmer areas, frequently being trained to grow over arbors or to cover walls. In the UK, it has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.It can be grown outdoors in mild and coastal areas of the UK (to a lower limit of −5 °C (23 °F)), but elsewhere must be grown under glass. ...
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gelsemium" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 559.This contains a detailed description of the then-common usage and dosage of...
Formerly placed in Loganiaceae, Gelsemiaceae is a small family of two shrubby or lianoid genera and 11 species. Gelsemium elegans (allspice jasmine) from Indomalesia contains powerful alkaloids that have been used in murder and suicide. The sweetly scented Gelsemium sempervirens (Carolina, or yellow, jessamine)…. Read More.
Mar 29, 2019 · A pantropical family of three genera (Gelsemium, Mostuea, and Pteleocarpa) and 13 species, distributed in northern Central America, southern North America, northeastern South America, tropical Africa, Madagascar, and southeastern and eastern Asia. The plants in this...
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Gentianales, gentian order of flowering plants, consisting of five families with 1,121 genera and more than 20,000 species. The families are Gentianaceae, Rubiaceae, Apocynaceae, Loganiaceae, and Gelsemiaceae. Learn about the characteristics and members of the family in this article.
The family. contains three genera and 14 species; in the Neotropics the family is represented by two genera. and two species, of which Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) St. Hil. is the only species of liana; distributed from S.E. United States to Guatemala, predominantly in wet forests, and scrubs.
