Gardenia vitiensis

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Gardenia vitiensis Seem., [Bonplandia 9: 256 (1861), nom. nud.]; Fl. Vit.: 122 (1865–1873), as 'Gardenia Vitiensis'

Typus: B.C. Seemann 218 ([15 October 1860]; Holotypus: K [K000763074^(JSTOR)]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: BM [BM001040319^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], GH 00092907^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, P [P00698894^(JSTOR)]; cf. BISH [1457860^(GBIF)]).
Type locality: Fiji. "Northern coast of Vanua Levu" ["Namuka", presumably an area at the mouth of the Nasavu River, Ndongotuki Tikina, Mathuata Province].

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Seemann, B.C. 1865–1873. Flora Vitiensis :a description of the plants of the Viti or Fiji islands, with an account of their history, uses, and properties. Vol. 1, xxxiii + 365 pp., L. Reeve, London. BHL Reference page.

Seemann, B. 1861. Plantae Vitienses. Bonplandia 9(17 & 18): 253–262. BHL Reference page.
Smith, A.C. 1988. Flora Vitiensis Nova: A New Flora of Fiji (Spermatophytes Only). Vol. 4. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii. BHL Reference page. [see page 183.]

IUCN: Gardenia vitiensis Seem. (Critically Endangered) - Assessed by World Conservation Monitoring Centre in 1998.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Gardenia vitiensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Gardenia vitiensis. Published online. Accessed: 3 November 2022.

Na Vosa Vakaviti: Ndrenga (Meilango)