Rubiaceae

Gardenia J.Ellis

First published in Philos. Trans. 51(2): 935 (1761), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa to Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Gilbert Is., Korea, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Society Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mouly, A., Kainulainen, K., Persson, C., Davis, A.P., Wong, K.M., Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. (2014). Phylogenetic structure and clade circumscriptions in the Gardenieae complex (Rubiaceae). Taxon 63: 801-818.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 99. Nom. cons.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Keay in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 28: 40 (1958).
  • N. Hallé in Fl. Gabon, no. 17, Rubiacées (2e partie): 218 (1970).
  • Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 51(2): 935, t. 23 (1761) nom. conserv.
  • Verdcourt in Kew Bull. 34: 345–360 (1979).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hallé in Fl. Gabon 17, Rubiacées, 2: 218 (1970), nom. conserv.
  • Keay in B.J.B.B. 28: 40 (1958)
  • in Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 51(2): 935, t. 23 (1761)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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