⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-88489, with some changes.

Gardenia ternifolia var. jovis-tonantis (Welw.) Aubrév. is a synonym of Gardenia ternifolia subsp. jovis-tonantis (Welw.) Verdc.

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as a synonym (record 88489) with original publication details: Fl. Forest. Soudano-Guin. 460 1950.