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Gardenia

Angiospermae - Gentianales - Rubiaceae

Taxonomy
Gardenia was named by Ellis (1761). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rubiaceae by Srivastava (1991), Prasad (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1761Gardenia Ellis
1991Gardenia Srivastava
2008Gardenia Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Lamiids
orderGentianales
familyRubiaceae
genusGardeniaEllis 1761

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Gardenia Ellis 1761
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†Gardenia nainitalensis Prasad 1994
†Gardenia palaeoturgida Lakhanpal and Awasthi 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 14:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 15.98000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58India (Bihar) G. palaeoturgida (223029)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Uttarakhand) G. nainitalensis (222797)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India (Jharkhand) G. sp. (214996)