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Genus: Gardenia
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
About 60 species, occurring in
tropical and warm regions of the Old World, with seven species indigenous
to southern
Africa and a further two species that are cultivated in this region.
Species indigenous to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
Southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).
Gardenia brachythamnus |
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Gardenia cornuta (Natal
gardenia) |
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Gardenia lutea |
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Gardenia resiniflua |
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Gardenia ternifolia |
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Gardenia thunbergia (White
gardenia) |
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Gardenia volkensii (Savanna
gardenia, Transvaal gardenia) |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Gardenia augusta [=Gardenia jasminoides]
Indigenous to China. Referred to confusingly as Cape gardenia, but does not
originate from South Africa. |
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Gardenia posoquerioides
Indigenous to tropical Africa. |
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Publications
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Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. 1988. Flora
of Tropical East Africa. Rubiaceae (part 2): 415-747.
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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