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, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, 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, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, 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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 28, 2015 Yahud Hj Wat et al. [S.69080] Malaysia K001045186 No
Jan 1, 2011 Reynoso; Alvarez; Fernando [PPI 3991] Philippines K000174803 Yes
Mar 11, 2010 Korthals, P.W. [s.n.] Borneo K000173271 Type Yes
Jun 1, 2005 Etuge, M. [5197] Cameroon K000337978 No
Jun 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11625] Cameroon K000337979 No
Nov 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3250] Cameroon K000109958 No
Nov 1, 2001 Sidwell, K. [307] Cameroon K000109959 No
Nov 1, 2001 Groves, M. [106] Cameroon K000109957 No
Jan 1, 1996 Etuge, M. [2926] Cameroon K000436147 No
Jan 1, 1976 Wallich, N. [8272] Burma K000173300 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [8271] Malaysia K000173281 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [8271] Malaysia K000173282 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8295] K001125176 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8295] India K001125174 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8263] Burma K001125075 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich [8279] India K000031436 Type Yes
Teijsmann [s.n.] Indonesia K000771625 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8273] Burma K001125101 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8399] Singapore K001125391 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jemree; Jugah; et al [S.74916] Malaysia K001569527 Yes
Callmander,M. [330] Madagascar K000609879 Isotype No
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 8278] India K001125127 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chevalier, A. [19796] Cote d'Ivoire K001600596 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Burma K001132360 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hervey, D.F.A. [s.n.] Malaysia K000173279 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8256] Burma K001125059 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tweedie [2501] Uganda K:SPC-22749.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8278] K001125128 Unknown Type Material Yes
Croft, J.R.; Lelean, Y. [LAE 65491] Papua New Guinea K000771579 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8292] K001125168 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8258] K001125066 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8260] K001125070 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8275] K001125113 Unknown Type Material Yes
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 8399] Malaysia K001125393 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-10538.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8281] K001125133 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8264] India K001125077 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ghana K:SPC-70000.429 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8275] K001125112 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8295] K001125173 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8275] K001125105 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8275] K001125109 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8272] K001125100 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8271] K001125099 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8258] K001125065 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8292] K001125169 Unknown Type Material Yes
[NGF 33849] K:SPC-07680.000 No
Balslev, H.; Poopath, M.; Karaket, P.; Thaotawin, P.; Kladwong, P.; Rujichaipimon, W.; Brem Nøhr, N. [10094] Thailand K001767474 No
Rasovimbahoaka, F. [352] Madagascar K001634678 Yes
Nguyen, T.M.H. ; O'Donnell, S.A. [0007] Vietnam K001639883 Yes
Vannachak, V. ; Ridsdale, C.E. ; Satdychanh, M. [BT 1031] Laos K001639864 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8258] K001125064 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8273] Burma K001125102 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D.; T.T India K000031435 Type Yes
Streimann [LAE 15829] Papua New Guinea K000771577 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132359 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8295] India K001125177 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8291] Burma K001125166 Type Yes
Frodin; Morren; Gabir [2606] Papua New Guinea K000771583 Yes
Vogel [4224] Indonesia K000771582 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8275] India K001125110 Unknown Type Material Yes
Croft; Lelean [LAE 68542] Papua New Guinea K000771591 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8264] Burma K001125078 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8262] Burma K001125074 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8258] K001125068 Unknown Type Material Yes
van Balgooy, M. [6858] Indonesia K000771580 Yes
Davis, A.P.; Rakotonasolo, F. [2559] Madagascar K:SPC-64150.000 No
Vogel, E.F. [3185] Indonesia K000771578 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8258] K001125067 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8275] India K001125107 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kuswata [112] Indonesia K000771571 Yes
Wallich, N. [8273] Burma K000173299 Type Yes
Liberia K:SPC-66685.000 No
s.coll. [NGF 33014] Papua New Guinea K000771581 Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000173277 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8256] Burma K001125058 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-40742.000 No
Davis, A.P.; Rakotonasolo, F. [2575] Madagascar K:SPC-64166.000 No
Nguyen, V.D.; Vu, X.P.; Nguyen, T.C.; Bui, H.Q.; Kok, R.P.J.; Utteridge, T.M.A.; Moore, A.; Trudgen, M.; Briggs, M. [HNK 2137 (MB 115)] Vietnam K:SPC-66894.000 No
Ridsdale [NGF 31721] Papua New Guinea K000771592 Yes
Nguyen, V.D.; Vu, X.P.; Nguyen, T.C.; Bui, H.Q.; Kok, R.P.J.; Utteridge, T.M.A.; Moore, A.; Trudgen, M.; Briggs, M. [HNK 2154 (MB 120)] Vietnam K:SPC-66970.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8282] K001125134 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ridley [11332] Singapore K000173283 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8264] Burma K001125082 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8264] India K001125076 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Binnendijk, S.] [s.n.] Indonesia K000771626 Yes
Gillison, A. [NGF 25675] Papua New Guinea K000771600 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8258] Bangladesh K001125063 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8260] K001125072 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8261] Burma K001125073 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8275] India K001125111 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8292] K001125167 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8295] K001125175 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8258] Bangladesh K001125062 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jack, W. [Cat. no. 8399] Malaysia K001125390 Unknown Type Material Yes
Coode; Katik [40119] Papua New Guinea K000771593 Yes
Walker, J.S.; Cahilll, A.J. [048] Indonesia K:SPC-76548.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8275] India K001125106 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8399] Singapore K001125392 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillison [NGF 25024] Papua New Guinea K000771574 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8260] K001125071 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8280] Burma K001125132 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8266] Singapore K001125081 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8271] Malaysia K001125098 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8275] K001125108 Unknown Type Material Yes

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