Biology:Gardenia cornuta

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Short description: Species of plant

Gardenia cornuta
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Gardenia
Species:
G. cornuta
Binomial name
Gardenia cornuta
Hemsl.

Gardenia cornuta, commonly known as Tonga gardenia, Natal gardenia or horned gardenia, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae native to southern Africa.[1]

Though specimens were collected in 1870, the species was not described until 1906.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ngwenya, Mkhipheni (June 2005). "Gardenia cornuta". South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://pza.sanbi.org/gardenia-cornuta. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15455654 entry