Rubiaceae
Gardenia
Gardenia ternifolia

Gardenia ternifolia subsp. jovis-tonantis (Welw.) Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 34: 354 (1979)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona W. [17899] Tanzania K001612491 Yes
Methuen [227] Mozambique K000285247 No
Gilliland, H.B. [1194] Zimbabwe K000285253 No
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [3368] Zimbabwe K000285254 No
Jenkins, J.F. [8167] South Africa K000285259 No
Richards, H.M. [18822] Zambia K000285250 No
Gossweiler, J. [1237] Angola K001307570 No
Honey, T. [792] Mozambique K000285246 No
Richards, H.M. [1927] Zambia K000285251 Yes
Jansen, P.C.M.; Boane, C. [7909] Mozambique K000285248 No
Thompson, S.A.; Rawlins, J.E. [6173] Malawi K000285256 No
Brummitt, R.K.; Dudley, C.O. [15054] Malawi K000285255 Yes
Wild, H. [2207] Zimbabwe K000285252 No
Pawek, J. [11942] Malawi K000285257 No
Gilges, W. [475] Zambia K000285249 No
Renny, G. [123] South Africa K000285258 No
Ash [150] Ethiopia Gardenia lutea K:SPC-33075.000 No
Hoyle, A.C. [641] Sudan Gardenia lutea K:SPC-12190.000 No
Ash [672] Ethiopia Gardenia lutea K:SPC-36146.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [3613] Gardenia lutea K:SPC-07349.000 No
Welwitsch [2573] Angola Gardenia jovis-tonantis K000419834 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2606] Zambia Gardenia jovis-tonantis K:SPC-36206.000 No
Richards, M. [21911] Tanzania Gardenia jovis-tonantis K:SPC-32040.000 No

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0