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The genus Gardenia is in the family Rubiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Gardenia

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Gardenia actinocarpa Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia acuminata Korth.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia agualia Stapf ex Hutch.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Gardenia anapetes A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia angkorensis Pit.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia annamensis Pit.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia aqualla Stapf & Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia archboldiana Merr. & L.M.Perry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia artensis Montrouz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia aubryi Vieill.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia barnesii Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia beamanii Y.W.Low	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia boninensis (Nakai) Tuyama ex T.Yamaz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia brachythamnus (K.Schum.) Launert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia brighamii H.Mann	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia buffalina (Lour.) Poir.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia cambodiana Pit.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia candida A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia carinata Wall. ex Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia carstensensis Wernham	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia chanii Y.W.Low	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia chevalieri Pit.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia cinerascens A.Rich.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia clemensiae Merr. & L.M.Perry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia collinsae Craib	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia colnettiana Guillaumin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia conferta Guillaumin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia cornifolia DC.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia cornuta Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia coronaria Buch.-Ham.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia costulata Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia crameri Tirveng.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia cuneata Kurz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia dacryoides A.Cunn. ex Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia deplanchei Vieill. ex Guillaumin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia discolor A.Rich.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia dolichantha Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia elata Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia epiphytica Jongkind	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia erubescens Stapf & Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia esculenta Stokes	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia ewartii Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia faucicola Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia fiorii Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia flava (Lour.) Poir.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia forsteniana Miq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia fosbergii Tirveng.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia fucata R.Br. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia fusca Geddes	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia gardneri Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia gjellerupii Valeton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia gordonii Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia grandis Korth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia grievei Horne ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia griffithii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia gummifera L.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia hageniana Gilli	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia hainanensis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia hansemannii K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia hillii Horne ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia hutchinsoniana Turrill	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia imperialis K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Gardenia integra A.Rich.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia invaginata Merr. & L.M.Perry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia ixorifolia R.Br. ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia jabiluka Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia kakaduensis Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia kamialiensis Takeuchi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia laccifera Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia lacciflua K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia lagunensis Merr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia lamingtonii F.M.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia lanutoo Reinecke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia latifolia Aiton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia leopoldiana De Wild. & T.Durand	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia leschenaultii D.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia magnifica Geddes	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia mannii H.St.John & Kuykendall	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia maugaloae Lauterb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia megasperma F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia merrillii Elmer	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia mexicana Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia micrantha Thunb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia mollis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia moszkowskii Valeton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia mutabilis Reinw. ex Blume	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia negrosensis Merr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia ngoyensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia nitida Hook.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia obtusifolia Roxb. ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia ornata K.M.Wong	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia oudiepe Vieill.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia ovularis F.M.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia pallens Merr. & L.M.Perry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia panduriformis Pierre ex Pit.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia pannea Lindl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia papuana F.M.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia parviflora Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia petiolata Farw.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia philastrei Pierre ex Pit.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia posoquerioides S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia propinqua Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia pseudoternifolia Valeton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia psidioides Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia pterocalyx Valeton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia pudiepe Vieill.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Gardenia pyriformis A.Cunn. ex Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Gardenia racemulosa Korth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia reinwardtiana Blume	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia remyi H.Mann	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia remyi Mann	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Gardenia resinifera Roth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia resiniflua Hiern	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia resinosa F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia rupicola Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia rutenbergiana (Baill. ex Vatke) J.-F.Leroy	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia saxatilis Geddes	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia scabrella Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia schiedeana Schltdl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Gardenia schlechteri Bonati & Petitm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia schwarzii Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia sericea Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia similis (Craib) Craib	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia siphonocalyx Valeton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia sokotensis Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia sootepensis Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia stenophylla Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia stipulosa Zoll. & Moritzi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia storckii Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia subacaulis Stapf & Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia subcarinata (Corner) Y.W.Low	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia succosa Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia sulcata C.F.Gaertn.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia tahitensis DC. ex Drake	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Gardenia taitensis DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia tannaensis Guillaumin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Gardenia tessellaris Puttock	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia thailandica Tirveng.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia thunbergia Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia thunbergia L.f.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Gardenia thunbergia L. f.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Gardenia tinneae Kotschy & Heuglin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia transvenulosa Verdc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia trochainii Sillans	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia tropidocarpa Wernham	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia truncata Craib	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia tubifera Wall. ex Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia tubiflora A.Rich.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia urvillei Montrouz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia vernicosa Merr. & L.M.Perry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia vilhelmii Domin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia virescens Ridl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia vitiensis Seem.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia voacangoides Mildbr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Gardenia vogelii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Gardenia volkensii K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Gardenia vulcanica K.M.Wong	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 259 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Gardenia. Of these 134 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 62 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Gardenia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 259 species names for the genus Gardenia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	134	51.7%
◕	Synonym	100	38.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	25	9.7%

All names

The status of the 321 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Gardenia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	140	43.6%
◕	Synonym	156	48.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	25	7.8%

Of the species names,

• 7 are recorded as invalid
• 19 are recorded as illegitimate

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 259 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Gardenia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	134	96	0	0	230	88.8%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	4	0	25	29	11.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Gardenia is as follows: