Rubiaceae Juss.
Gardenia dacryoides A.Cunn. ex Puttock , legitimate, scientific
Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 228-230, Fig. 1 (map) BHL APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Rocky hillside [between King River pumping station and Kununurra], Gardner District, Western Australia, 1 November 1969, D.H. Mackenzie 691101-15 & F. Lullfitz (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB 266208, Kununurra)."
taxonomic synonym: Gardenia sp. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gardenia sp. nov. aff. megasperma F.Muell. [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Gardenia dacryoides A.Cunn. manuscript name taxonomic synonym: Gardenia sp. B Kimberley Flora [n/a] pro parte misapplication: Gardenia megasperma F.Muell. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 409 pro parte misapplication: Gardenia megasperma F.Muell. legitimate by Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 109 pro parte misapplication: Gardenia megasperma F.Muell. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1923), Botanical notes : Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Bulletin (Western Australian Forests Department) 32: 92 pro parte misapplication: Gardenia megasperma F.Muell. legitimate by Forbes, S.J., Kenneally, K.F. & Aldrick, J.M. (1988), A botanical survey of Vansittart Bay and Napier Broome Bay, Northern Kimberley, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 17(6/7): 184 common name: Wild Gardenia [n/a] common name: Malava [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT
  • Etymology: "The epithet dacryoides refers to the large tear-drop of resin held apically from the stipules."
Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Gardenia sp. B Kimberley Flora [n/a]