Gardenia augusta

[=Gardenia jasminoides]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae > Genus: Gardenia

Native to China. Referred to confusingly as Cape gardenia, but does not originate from South Africa. However, it is cultivated in gardens in southern Africa.

Gardenia augusta 'First Love®', New York Botanical Gardens. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]