Gardenia

Gardenia adalah suatu genus tumbuhan berbunga dalam keluarga tumbuhan kopi, Rubiaceae, yang berhabitat alami di daerah tropik dan subtropik Afrika, Asia, Madagaskar dan Pacific Islands.
Nama genus ini diberikan oleh Carl Linnaeus dan John Ellis berdasarkan nama Dr. Alexander Garden (1730-1791), seorang naturalis kelahiran Skotlandia yang kemudian berdiam di Amerika Serikat.

Spesies 

 The Plant List mengakui 140 spesies (termasuk nama infraspesifik):

 Gardenia actinocarpa 
 Gardenia anapetes 
 Gardenia angkorensis 
 Gardenia annamensis 
 Gardenia aqualla 
 Gardenia archboldiana 
 Gardenia artensis 
 Gardenia aubryi 
 Gardenia barnesii 
 Gardenia beamanii 
 Gardenia boninensis 
 Gardenia brachythamnus 
 Gardenia brighamii  - Nānū (Hawaii)
 Gardenia buffalina  (= Genipa buffalina)
 Gardenia cambodiana 
 Gardenia candida 
 Gardenia carinata  India, Malaya.
 Gardenia carstensensis 
 Gardenia chanii 
 Gardenia chevalieri 
 Gardenia clemensiae 
 Gardenia collinsae 
 Gardenia colnettiana 
 Gardenia conferta 
 Gardenia cornuta  (Natal Gardenia). South Africa.
 Gardenia coronaria 
 Gardenia costulata 
 Gardenia crameri 
 Gardenia cuneata 
 Gardenia dacryoides 
 Gardenia deplanchei 
 Gardenia dolichantha 
 Gardenia elata 
 Gardenia epiphytica 
 Gardenia erubescens 
 Gardenia esculenta 
 Gardenia ewartii 
 Gardenia faucicola 
 Gardenia fiorii 
 Gardenia flava  (= Genipa flava)
 Gardenia forsteniana 
 Gardenia fosbergii 
 Gardenia fucata 
 Gardenia fusca 
 Gardenia gardneri 
 Gardenia gjellerupii 
 Gardenia gordonii 
 Gardenia grandis 
 Gardenia grievei 
 Gardenia griffithii 
 Gardenia gummifera  India. Small tree, to 3 m high.
 Gardenia hageniana 
 Gardenia hainanensis 
 Gardenia hansemannii 
 Gardenia hillii 
 Gardenia hutchinsoniana  – Fiji
 Gardenia imperialis  Tropical Africa. Small tree to 12 m.
 subsp. physophylla 
 Gardenia invaginata 
 Gardenia ixorifolia 
 Gardenia jabiluka 
 Gardenia jasminoides  – Kacapiring
 Gardenia kakaduensis 
 Gardenia kamialiensis 
 Gardenia lacciflua 
 Gardenia lamingtonii 
 Gardenia lanutoo 
 Gardenia latifolia  India. Shrub or tree, 5–10 m high.
 Gardenia leopoldiana 
 Gardenia leschenaultii 
 Gardenia magnifica 
 Gardenia mannii  (Hawaii)
 Gardenia maugaloae 
 Gardenia megasperma 
 Gardenia mollis 
 Gardenia moszkowskii 
 Gardenia mutabilis 
 Gardenia ngoyensis 
 Gardenia nitida 
 Gardenia obtusifolia 
 Gardenia ornata 
 Gardenia oudiepe 
 Gardenia ovularis 
 Gardenia pallens 
 Gardenia panduriformis 
 Gardenia papuana 
 Gardenia philastrei 
 Gardenia posoquerioides 
 Gardenia propinqua 
 Gardenia pseudoternifolia 
 Gardenia psidioides 
 Gardenia pterocalyx 
 Gardenia pyriformis 
 subsp. keartlandii 
 Gardenia racemulosa 
 Gardenia reinwardtiana 
 Gardenia remyi  (Hawaii)
 Gardenia resinifera  (Brilliant Gardenia, Cambi Resin Tree, or dikamali) India. Shrub or small tree, to 3 m high. (= G. lucida, Genipa resinifera)
 Gardenia resiniflua  (Gummy Gardenia). South Africa.
 Gardenia resinosa 
 Gardenia rupicola 
 Gardenia rutenbergiana  (= Genipa rutenbergiana)
 Gardenia saxatilis 
 Gardenia scabrella  far north Queensland- used in amenities plantings in Cairns
 Gardenia schlechteri 
 Gardenia schwarzii 
 Gardenia sericea 
 Gardenia similis 
 Gardenia siphonocalyx 
 Gardenia sokotensis 
 Gardenia sootepensis 
 Gardenia stenophylla 
 Gardenia stipulosa 
 Gardenia storckii 
 Gardenia subacaulis 
 Gardenia subcarinata 
 Gardenia succosa 
 Gardenia taitensis  (Tahitian Gardenia, Tiare māori). Polynesia.
 Gardenia tannaensis 
 Gardenia ternifolia  (Large-leaved Transvaal Gardenia). Sudano-Zambezian savannas and woodlands.
 var. goetzei 
 subsp. jovis-tonantis  (= G. jovis-tonantis, Genipa jovis-tonantis)
 Gardenia tessellaris 
 Gardenia thailandica 
 Gardenia thunbergia  (White Gardenia, Forest Gardenia, or witkatjiepiering) South Africa. Shrub or small tree, 2–5 m high.
 Gardenia tinneae 
 Gardenia transvenulosa 
 Gardenia trochainii 
 Gardenia tropidocarpa 
 Gardenia truncata 
 Gardenia tubifera  (Golden Gardenia). Southeastern Asia. Small tree to 15 m high.
 Gardenia urvillei 
 Gardenia vernicosa 
 Gardenia vilhelmii 
 Gardenia vitiensis  (Fijian Gardenia) Fiji.
 Gardenia vogelii 
 Gardenia volkensii  (Transvaal Gardenia or Savanna Gardenia). Tropical Africa.
 var. saundersiae 
 subsp. spathulifolia 
 Gardenia vulcanica

Pembiakan dan kegunaan 

Tumbuhan Gardenia disenangi karena bau bunga yang harum, dan bunganya berukuran besar pada sejumlah spesies.

Galeri

Lihat pula 
 Genipin
 Crocin

Referensi

Pranala luar 

 World Checklist of Rubiaceae 

 
Bunga