Gardenia Jasminoides Varieties and Gardenia Taitensis ...

Comparison of Similar Looking PlantsGardenia jasminoides var. fortuneana, Gardenia jasminoides var. jasminoides and

Gardenia taitensis

Scientific name: Gardenia taitensis

Common name: Tahitian Gardenia

Family name: Rubiaceae

Origin: Southwest Pacific

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Scientific name: Gardenia jasminoidesvar. fortuneana

Common name: Cape Jasmine

Family name: Rubiaceae

Origin: China, Japan and Taiwan

Scientific name: Gardenia jasminoides var. jasminoides

Common name: -

Family name: Rubiaceae

Origin: China, Japan and Vietnam

Gardenia jasminoides var. fortuneana Gardenia jasminoides var. jasminoides Gardenia taitensis

Form • 0.5 – 2.0 m tall• Shrubby

• Up to 2.0 m tall• Shrubby

• Up to 6 m tall• Shrub to a small tree

Foliage • Green, smooth, slightly glossy• Broadly elliptic with acute tip and entire

margin• Leaf blade bout 10 cm long

• Green, smooth, not glossy• Elliptic with acute tip and entire margin• Leaf blade about 10 cm long

• Dark green, slightly leathery, glossy on upper surface, non glossy on under surface

• Oval with acute tip and entire margin• Leaf blade up to 20 cm long

Gardenia jasminoides var. fortuneana Gardenia jasminoides var. jasminoides Gardenia taitensis

Foliage • Oppositely arranged along the stem, in decussate form

• Shorter internodes

• Oppositely arranged along the stem, sometimes in 2 or whorls of 3

• Longer internodes

• Oppositely arranged along the stem but congested near the branch tips

• Longer internodes

Gardenia jasminoides var. fortuneana Gardenia jasminoides var. jasminoides Gardenia taitensis

Flower • White • Double-petalled• Many petals • About 8 cm in diameter• Sepals erect

• White, turning yellowish-white with age• Single-petalled • 6 paddle-shaped petals arranged like a

pinwheel• 6.5 - 7.5 cm in diameter• Sepals open like stars

• White • Single-petalled• 6-7 oval-shaped petals arranged like a

pinwheel• About 7.5 cm in diameter, sometimes up to 10

cm• Sepals tightly enclose the flower tube

References

• eFlora: Gardenia jasminoides

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022091 (accessed on 8 July 2020).

• Plants of the World online

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:Isid:ipni.org:names:751282-1 (accessed on 8 July 2020).

• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP): Gardenia taitensis

http://wcsp.science.kew.org (accessed on 8 July 2020).

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