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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 ]
Ehret queried whether it was a jasmine because the flowers resembled the plant. The name stuck and lived on as common name and scientific epithet. [9] Linnaeus gave it the name Gardenia florida in 1762 in the second edition of his Species Plantarum. [12]
Gardenia taitensis, also called Tahitian gardenia [2] or tiaré flower, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is an evergreen tropical shrub that grows to 4 m (10 ft) tall and has glossy dark green leaves that are 5–16 cm (2–6 in) long and are oppositely arranged along the stem. The flower is creamy white and pinwheel-shaped ...
Gardenia brighamii, commonly known as nānū, naʻu, or forest gardenia, is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. [ 4 ] Description
The genus name Calendula is a modern Latin diminutive of calendae, meaning "little calendar", "little clock" or possibly "little weather-glass". [6] The common name "marigold", a contraction of "Mary's gold" [6] refers to the Virgin Mary. The most commonly cultivated and used member of the genus is Calendula officinalis, the pot marigold.
Gardenia erubescens is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rubiaceae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has edible fruits and occurs in the Guinea and Sudan savannah vegetation of West and Central Africa. [ 4 ]
The generic name honours the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828). Its members are known by various names, including thunbergias and clockvine . Thunbergia on its own usually refers to Thunbergia grandiflora , while Thunbergia alata is often known as black-eyed Susan vine or just black-eyed Susan (not to be confused with other ...
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.