Gardenia anapetes
| Gardenia anapetes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Gardenia |
| Species: | G. anapetes
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| Binomial name | |
| Gardenia anapetes A.C. Smith
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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.[2]
References
- ^ Tuiwawa, M.; Vido, S.; Naikatini, A.; Navuso, J.; Tubuitamana, P.; Beech, E. & Tuiwawa, S. (2024). "Gardenia anapetes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T31039A241274700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T31039A241274700.en. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ Miller, J. M. and S. Sotheeswaran. 1993. Bud exudate composition and ecogeography of Fijian Gardenia species (Rubiaceae). Biotropica 25(1): 117-122