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Gardenia gordonii

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Gardenia gordonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to Viti Levu and Vanua Levu in Fiji. The native gardenias of Fiji possess a diverse array of natural products. Methoxylated and oxygenated flavonols and triterpenes accumulate on the vegetative- and floral-buds as droplets of secreted resin. Phytochemical studies of these bud exudates have been published, including a population-level study of two other rare, sympatric species on Vanua Levu Island of the Fiji Archipelago, G. candida and G. grievei.

The species was described by John Gilbert Baker in 1883.

Other Gardenia plants

Gardenia actinocarpa · Gardenia anapetes · Gardenia angkorensis · Gardenia barnesii · Forest gardenia · Gardenia candida · Tonga gardenia · Gardenia dacryoides · Gardenia elata · Gardenia erubescens · Gardenia ewartii · Gardenia faucicola

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gardenia gordonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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