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Description
Family Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are trees , shrubs , or infrequently herbs comprising about 450 genera and 6,500 species, including some lianous forms. The leaves are simple and usually entire, and are opposite or sometimes whorled ; stipules are present and interpetiolar . The flowers are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic , often heterostylous, and usually are in cymose inflorescences. The calyx is mostly somewhat reduced and 4-5-lobed or sometimes the lobes are obsolete or rarely one of them greatly expanded and brightly colored . The sympetalous corolla is mostly 4-5-lobed, occasionally with 3 or up to 10 lobes. The androecium consists of as many stamens as corolla lobes and is adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 or seldom more carpels, a single style, and a nearly always inferior ovary with the number of locules equaling the number of carpels, each with 1-many axile ovules. An epigynous nectary disk is usually present. The fruit is variable, sometimes forming multiples . -- Gerald Carr.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Gentianales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Subfamily:
Ixoroideae
()
- Tribe:
Gardenieae
()
- Genus:
Gardenia
()
- J. Ellis, 1761, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
ternifolia
- Schumach. & Thonn.
- Botanical name: - Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn.
- Specific epithet:
ternifolia
- Schumach. & Thonn.
- Genus:
Gardenia
(
- Tribe:
Gardenieae
(
- Subfamily:
Ixoroideae
(
- Family:
Rubiaceae
(
- Order:
Gentianales
(
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gardenia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 34 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
G. angusta (Cape Jasmine) · G. augusta 'Vietnam Snowflake' (Vietnam Snowflake Gardenia) · G. brighamii (Forest Gardenia) · G. cornuta (Horned Gardenia) · G. coronata (Golden Pinwheel) · G. jasminoides (Bush Gardenia) · G. jasminoides 'Aimee' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'August Beauty' (August Beauty Gardenia) · G. jasminoides 'Belmont' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'Chuck Hayes' (Chuck Hayes Gardenia) · G. jasminoides 'Daisy' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'First Love' (First Love Gardenia) · G. jasminoides 'Fortuniana' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'Four Seasons' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'Frostproof' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'Grif's Select' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'Kleims Hardy' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'Mystery' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'Radicans' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'Shooting Star' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'Variegata' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'Veitchii' (Cape Jasmine) · G. jasminoides 'White Gem' (Cape Jasmine) · G. latifolia (Ceylon Boxwood) · G. mannii (Mann's Gardenia) · G. nitida (Gardenia) · G. remyi (Remy's Gardenia) · G. resiniflua resiniflua (Gummy Gardenia) · G. sootepensis (Golden Gardenia) · G. taietensis (Tahitian Gardenia) · G. taitensis (Tahitian Gardenia) · G. thunbergia (Starry Gardenia) · G. thunbergium (Forest Gardenia) · G. vietnamensis (Vietnamese Gardenia)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of miscellaneous information. Additional Series. Royal Gardens, Kew. 9 1915 [Kew, Surrey: Royal Botanic Gardens], 1898-1936; url p. 357.
- Gold Coast. Report on forests. LondonPrinted for H.M. Stationery Off. by Darling1910 url p. 231, p. 87.
- Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: The Academy, 1868- url p. 57.
- The natural history of plants. Translated by Marcus M. Hartog. LondonL. Reeve1871- url p. 379.
- West African forests and forestry / London: T.F. Unwin, ltd., [1920] url , .
- West African forests and forestry, by A. Harold Unwin. .. with 110 illustrations by the author. London, T. F. Unwin, ltd.[1920] url p. 146.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:
- BeBIF Provider, National Botanic Garden Belgium - Albertian Rift Rubiaceae
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5899077
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-88486
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14243417
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:751285-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2023899
