Talk:Gelsemium sempervirens

Scent

The article says the Yellow Jessamine is not scented, but I have tons of Yellow Jessamine in my backyard and it smells lovely. I haven't touched the article because I'm not a plant expert and maybe something else was meant.

4.152.243.179 16:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Scent An almost identical species grows here in the southeastern United States, it is the swamp jessamine (Gelsemium rankinii) which also has yellow flowers but unlike G. sempervirens, these are not fragrant.

Spelling

Why isn't the most common spelling used?

• Carolina Jasamine - 1,160 hits
• Carolina Jessamine - 36,700 hits
• Carolina Jasmine - 160,000 hits

That's a pretty overwhelming majority for a different spelling than we are using. Unless someone provides some pretty convincing arguments soon, I'm considering renaming this article. -- Fyslee / talk 04:55, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Generally, having plant articles titled with common names presents many problems, such as the fact that many species (such as this) have multiple common names, so in most cases species are listed at their scientific name. All English common names that are reliably sourced are usually listed in each article in bold type, and redirects or links on disambiguation pages are ideally made for all of these. Full details are at WP:NC(flora). I've moved the page accordingly. --Melburnian (talk) 10:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like a logical solution. -- Fyslee / talk 03:52, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm almost positive that the most common form is "Yellow Jasmine". That's how it was taught in my school in Columbia, SC where it is the state flower. I will do my best to find some sources for this and add it as one of the common names. If I find enough, I'm going to make it the main common name (or carolina jasmine) to align with the comments above.

In searching I found that "Yellow Jasmine" is by far the most popular hit on Google with 971,000 hits compared to <100,000 for yellow jessamine, 560,000 for "Carolina Jasmine" and 69,000 for "Carolina Jessamine". However, I'm not going to change anything besides adding that in the beggingin paragraph (just fromm "yellow jessamine" to "yellow jessamine or jasmine"). It should be noted that in the official state literature from SC, it lists the state flower as "Yellow Jessamine". I'm thinking that's probably an older spelling that's maintained for the records where "yellow jasmine" has picked up in colloquial use.167.7.17.3 (talk) 15:08, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

167.7.17.3 (talk) 14:49, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Toxic?

Why doesn't the 'medical' section contain the 'toxic' information WITHIN it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robfwoods (talk • contribs) 04:53, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Brood Death?

Are there any actual studies that prove this? From what I can tell this un-sourced claim comes from a page on the Arizona State University website, where a brief sentence boldly states that G. sempervirens nectar causes brood death when collected by honey bees. This "source" itself does not cite another source or study, and may very well be speculation. I've expanded the toxicity section to cover the topic of possible bumblebee self-medication with gelsemine to reduce parasite load so as to provide an alternative (study-based) view on the ecological role of Gelsemium secondary metabolites. I altered the sentence that claims that it causes brood death to say it "may" cause brood death, but I'm not sure if this sentence should just be removed entirely. It saddens me to see that wikipedia featured this "fact" on its front page despite a total lack of empirical evidence provided for it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beatgroover (talk • contribs) 02:17, 13 September 2013 (UTC)