Honeysuckle and night jasmine?

The flowers of honeysuckle and night jasmine look a lot similar. Are they the same species and do they smell similar too?

Honeysuckle and night jasmine?
They are not closely related.


The honeysuckle plants are in the plant family Caprifoliaceae and genus Lonicera. Honeysuckle include Lonicera periclymenum the Woodbine or Lonicera sempervirens the coral honeysuckle. They attract both butterflies and moths with the paler, fragrant flowers but attract hummingbirds with the vividly color species like Lonicera sempervirens.





However the Night Scented or Night Blooming Jasmine is Cestrum nocturnum in the plant family Solance and Genus Cestrum.








The reason the flowers are similar in structure is they are both pollinated by Lepidoptera (butterflies %26amp; moths) or hummingbirds but all with long tongues. Night flying moths visit pale colored blossoms like the jasmine with strong evening %26amp; night released scents for nectar %26amp; pollination while hummingbirds visit bright colored tubular flowers. Butterflies go for a range of colors as long as they are sweetly scented in the day.


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The active odorant in Night Jasmine is the same as in Abelia grandiflora, phenylacetaldehyde.


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The active odorants in Woodbine include metabolites of amino acids like oximes, nitriles and nitro-compounds, have been detected.


http://www.bojensen.net/EssentialOilsEng...





Plants expend a lot of resources in coloring or scenting flowers so they are, usually, either colorful or fragrant.


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