Gardenia candida
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| Gardenia candida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Gardenia |
| Species: | G. candida |
| Binomial name | |
| Gardenia candida | |
Gardenia candida is a species of asterid flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. This species is endemic to Fiji, where it is known from the Seanggangga Plateau on Vanua Levu.[2] Native gardenias of the Fiji Islands and elsewhere in the paleotropics possess a diverse array of natural products. Methoxylated and oxygenated flavonols and triterpenes accumulate on the vegetative- and floral-buds as yellow to brown droplets of secreted resin. Focused phytochemical studies of these bud exudates have been published, including a population-level study of another rare, sympatric species, G. grievei.[3]
The species was described by Albert Charles Smith in 1953.[2]
