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Taxon:  Gardenia thunbergia L. f.



Summary
Genus:
Gardenia
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Ixoroideae
Nomen number:
71040
Place of publication:
Suppl. pl. 162. 1782 ("1781")
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Varneria thunbergia (L. f.) Stuntz

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Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: lists as Gardenia thunbergia Thunb.
  2. Bond, P. & P. Goldblatt. 1984. Plants of the Cape Flora, J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 13.
  3. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  7. Palmer, E. & N. Pitman. 1972-1973. Trees of southern Africa.
  8. Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal.
  9. Verdcourt, B. 1979. Notes on African Gardenia (Rubiaceae). Kew Bull. 34:360.
  10. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
English
white gardenia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=71040. Accessed 14 May 2025.