Comparison of Similar Looking Plants Gardenia Jasminoides Var

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Comparison of Similar Looking Plants Gardenia jasminoides var. fortuneana, Gardenia jasminoides var. jasminoides and Gardenia taitensis

Scientific name: Gardenia jasminoides Scientific name: Gardenia Scientific name: Gardenia taitensis var. fortuneana jasminoides var. jasminoides Common name: Cape Jasmine Common name: - Common name: Tahitian Gardenia Family name: Rubiaceae Family name: Rubiaceae Family name: Rubiaceae Origin: China, Japan and Taiwan Origin: China, Japan and Vietnam Origin: Southwest Pacific

Form • 0.5 – 2.0 m tall • Up to 2.0 m tall • Up to 6 m tall • Shrubby • Shrubby • Shrub to a small tree

Foliage • Green, smooth, slightly glossy • Green, smooth, not glossy • Dark green, slightly leathery, glossy on upper • Broadly elliptic with acute tip and entire • Elliptic with acute tip and entire margin surface, non glossy on under surface margin • Leaf blade about 10 cm long • Oval with acute tip and entire margin • Leaf blade bout 10 cm long • Leaf blade up to 20 cm long Gardenia jasminoides var. fortuneana Gardenia jasminoides var. jasminoides Gardenia taitensis

Foliage • Oppositely arranged along the stem, in • Oppositely arranged along the stem, • Oppositely arranged along the stem but decussate form sometimes in 2 or whorls of 3 congested near the branch tips • Shorter internodes • Longer internodes • Longer internodes Gardenia jasminoides var. fortuneana Gardenia jasminoides var. jasminoides Gardenia taitensis

Flower • White • White, turning yellowish-white with age • White • Double-petalled • Single-petalled • Single-petalled • Many petals • 6 paddle-shaped petals arranged like a • 6-7 oval-shaped petals arranged like a • About 8 cm in diameter pinwheel pinwheel • Sepals erect • 6.5 - 7.5 cm in diameter • About 7.5 cm in diameter, sometimes up to 10 • Sepals open like stars 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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