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Gardenia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar, Pacific Islands, [1] and Australia. [2] The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis after Alexander Garden (1730–1791), a Scottish naturalist. [3]
Type genus; Gardenia. J.Ellis. Gardenieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 586 species in 53 genera. [1] Genera
Gardenia jasminoides, commonly known as gardenia and cape jasmine, [2] is an evergreen flowering plant in the coffee family Rubiaceae. It is native to the subtropical and northern tropical parts of the Far East. Wild plants range from 30 centimetres to 3 metres (about 1 to 10 feet) in height.
Atractocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Its members are commonly known as native gardenias in Australia. Its members are commonly known as native gardenias in Australia. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms atractos "spindle", and karpos "fruit", from the spindle-shaped fruit of the type species.
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This species was first described as Gardenia ochreata in 1858 by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, based on material collected from the Burdekin River. [9] In 1989 the Australian botanist Christopher Francis Puttock transferred it to the genus Kailarsenia, however shortly thereafter the Sri Lankan botanist and Rubiaceae specialist erected a new genus, Larsenaikia, to accommodate this plant.
Full list of the genera in the family Rubiaceae.If the generic name is for an accepted genus, it will appear in bold italics followed by the author(s). If the name is a synonym, it will appear in italics followed by an equals sign (=) and the accepted name to which it is referred.
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