Gardenia anapetes

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]

Gardenia anapetes
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

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


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