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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 ]
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.
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.
Gardenia brighamii (nānū) Gardenia mannii (nānū) Geocarpon minimum (tinytim) Geranium arboreum (Hawaiian red-flowered geranium) Geranium kauaiense (Kauai geranium) Geranium multiflorum (manyflowered cranesbill) Gesneria pauciflora (yerba maricao de cueva) Geum radiatum (spreading avens) Goetzea elegans (matabuey) Gouania hillebrandii ...
The plants put up massive, tough, green leaves in the summer. The leaves are remarkable: shaped like a horse’s hoof, and up to a foot across Late bloomers put on a sunny show in autumn | Mystery ...
Printable version; In other projects ... Gardenia jasminoides: Scientific classification ... Gardenieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and ...
At around 10 a.m. on January 15, 1947, a local female resident found Short’s nude, bisected body lying just off the sidewalk. Her stark, white skin was “offset by jet-black hair,” according ...
Gardenia volkensii is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree with short, rigid branches. [1] [2] The branches form a dense rounded canopy and may touch the ground. The bark is a pale grey colour. [1] Shiny spoon-shaped leaves are found clustered at the end of knobbly branchlets. [2] The trumpet-shaped flowers start off white, but turn yellow with age.