Gardenia
Genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Gardenia (disambiguation).
Gardenia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar, Pacific Islands,[1] and Australia.[2]
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Gardenia | |
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Gardenia jasminoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
Tribe: | Gardenieae |
Genus: | Gardenia J.Ellis |
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The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis after Alexander Garden (1730–1791), a Scottish naturalist.[3]