Common Names
Common Names in English:
African Gardenia
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.
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 6-12" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 9-12" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
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:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Rubiales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.l. De Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Subfamily:
Scrophularioideae
()
- Tribe:
Gratioleae
()
- Genus:
Mitriostigma
()
- Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
axillare
- Hochst.
- Botanical name: - Mitriostigma axillare
- Specific epithet:
axillare
- Hochst.
- Genus:
Mitriostigma
(
- Tribe:
Gratioleae
(
- Subfamily:
Scrophularioideae
(
- Family:
Rubiaceae
(
- Order:
Rubiales
(
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Gardenia citriodora Hook.
Notes
A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Mitriostigma
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
M. axillare (African Gardenia) · M. barteri · M. greenwayi · M. usambarense
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5953909
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-128851
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14247327
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:756309-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 606780
