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ternifolia

Taxon

Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn.

Protologue Beskr. Guin. Pl. 147. 1827BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 014.jpg

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 014.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 024.jpg

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 024.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 017.jpg

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 017.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 021.jpg

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 021.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 023.jpg

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 023.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 022.jpg

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 022.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 020.jpg

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 020.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 025.jpg

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 025.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 015.jpg

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 015.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 016.jpg

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 016.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 019.jpg

Gardenia ternifolia--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 019.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 34 botanical countries across Africa (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 27, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Gardenia

Specific Epithet

ternifolia

Authorship

Schumach. & Thonn.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#311,008 of 335,497

Top 93%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →