Gardenia
genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae
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Summary
Gardenia is a taxon[1]. Gardenia ranks in the top 0.32% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,951 views/month, #617 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Named after: Alexander Garden[4]
- Parent taxon: Rubiaceae[5]
- Taxon name: Gardenia[6]
- Commons category: Gardenia[7]
- Taxonomic type: Gardenia jasminoides[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gardenia[9]
- Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 71(1)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4843[13]
- This taxon is source of: smell of gardenia[14]
- Taxon common name: gardenia[15], 栀子属[16], 子属[17], غردينية[18], غردنية[19]
- Named by: Carl Linnaeus[20], John Ellis[21]
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Identifiers
Gardenia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 126844[22]. Gardenia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 43486[23]. Gardenia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2894320[24]. Gardenia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 35159[25].
Why It Matters
Gardenia has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Gardenia is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]