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Gardenia thunbergia

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Gardenia
Species:	G. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its Gentianales are an order of Flowering plants included within the Asterid group of Dicotyledons The circumscription of Gentiales in the Cronquist Rubiaceae is a family of Flowering plants variously called the Madder family, Bedstraw family or coffee Gardenia is a Genus of about 250 species of Flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to the Tropical and Subtropical thunbergia

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Gardenia thunbergia
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Gardenia thunbergia is a shrub or small tree found in forest or on forest margins, occurring in the Eastern Cape, Natal and Transkei in South Africa. Carl von Linné or Carolus Linnaeus the Younger ( 20 January 1741 &ndash 1 November 1783) was a Swedish naturalist The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho. KwaZulu-Natal (kwɑːˌzuːluː nəˈtɑːl often referred to as " KZN " is a province of South Africa. The Transkei —which means "the area beyond the Kei River"—is a region situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Densely twiggy and rigid with smooth light-grey bark. The leaves are smooth, shiny, whorled and entire, and clustered at the ends of branchlets. The profusely-borne flowers are large, white, extremely fragrant and about 70mm in diameter with long tubes only accessible to the probosces of nocturnal hawkmoths. For a complete species list of this family see the Sphingidae species list. The fruits are hard, woody, and fibrous, about 80mm long and about 40mm in diameter, light-grey with small raised white spots and can persist on the tree for some years if not browsed by elephant or antelope.

Gardenia thunbergia was first introduced to Kew as early as 1773. It belongs to the very large family of Rubiaceae, which includes plants such as coffee (Coffea arabica), quinine (Cinchona) and numerous ornamental trees and shrubs with showy flowers. Rubiaceae is a family of Flowering plants variously called the Madder family, Bedstraw family or coffee Coffea arabica (əˈræbɪkə is a species of Coffee indigenous to Ethiopia and Yemen. Cinchona is a Genus of about 25 Species in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical South America.

Gardenia thunbergia by Edith Struben (1868-1936)

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This is a list of Southern African trees shrubs and lianes Cyatheaceae Cyathea capensis (L

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