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Gardenia volkensii - Branch with fruits - Click to enlarge!

Branch with fruits; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Gardenia volkensii - Fruit - Click to enlarge!

Fruit; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Gardenia volkensii - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Gardenia volkensii - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Gardenia volkensii - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1136
Date of entry: 28.07.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2728)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2226)

      Order: Gentianales (114)

        Family: Rubiaceae (63)(family description)

          Genus: Gardenia (4)

            Epithet: volkensii (1)

              Subspecies: spathulifolia (Stapf & Hutch.) Verdc.

spathulifolia => spatula shaped leaves

volkensii => in honor of Georg Ludwig August Volkens (1855–1917) German botanist

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: xerophytic

Habit: shrub, tree

External links

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