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Gardenia anapetes

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Species of plant

Gardenia anapetes
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Gardenia
Species: G. anapetes
Binomial name
Gardenia anapetes
A.C. Smith

Gardenia anapetes is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Fiji island of Vanua Levu. The native gardenias of Fiji possess a diverse array of natural products. Methoxylated and oxygenated flavonols and triterpenes accumulate on the vegetative- and floral-buds as droplets of secreted resin. Phytochemical studies of these bud exudates have been published, including a population-level study of two other rare, sympatric species on Vanua Levu Island, G. candida and G. grievei.

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Gardenia anapetes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T31039A9602393. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31039A9602393.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. Miller, J. M. and S. Sotheeswaran. 1993. Bud exudate composition and ecogeography of Fijian Gardenia species (Rubiaceae). Biotropica 25(1): 117-122
Taxon identifiers
Gardenia anapetes


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