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nitida

Taxon

Gardenia nitida Hook.

Protologue Bot. Mag. 73: t. 4343. 1847BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Gardenia nitida--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 027.jpg

Gardenia nitida--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 027.jpg

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Gardenia nitida--Cameroon.Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 023.jpg

Gardenia nitida--Cameroon.Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 023.jpg

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Gardenia nitida--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 024.jpg

Gardenia nitida--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 024.jpg

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Gardenia nitida--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 022.jpg

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Gardenia nitida--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 025.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Gardenia nitida--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 026.jpg

Gardenia nitida--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 026.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone (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

October 12, 2004

Location

Madagascar, Diana, Antsiranana (Ankarangona, Limbe Botanic Garden)

-12.611667, 49.461667

Location Remarks

City of Limbe

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Gardenia

Specific Epithet

nitida

Authorship

Hook.

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

#308,815 of 335,497

Top 93%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →