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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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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

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

Statistics

The Plant List includes 425 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Gardenia. Of these 143 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 63 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 425 species names for the genus Gardenia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	143	33.6%
◕	Synonym	260	61.2%
◕	Unplaced	13	3.1%
◕	Unassessed	9	2.1%

All names

The status of the 488 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Gardenia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	153	31.4%
◕	Synonym	313	64.1%
◕	Unplaced	13	2.7%
◕	Unassessed	9	1.8%

Of these names,

• 20 are recorded as invalid
• 30 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

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

The confidence with which the status of the 425 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Gardenia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	142	255	0	0	397	93.4%
	Medium confidence	1	4	0	0	5	1.2%
	Low confidence	0	1	13	9	23	5.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Gardenia, are as follows: