Rubiaceae Juss.
Gardenia kakaduensis Puttock
, legitimate, scientific
[Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2)]:
242-243, Fig. 5 (map)
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"44 km south-east of Oenpelli, 12 deg 34 min S, 133 deg 23 min E, Darwin and Gulf District, Northern Territory, 13 June 1978, P.K. Latz 7768 (holo: DNA; iso: NSW)."
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Etymology:
"The specific epithet takes its name from the region and the Gagadu people of the area to which it is endemic."
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Gardenia D1873 Kakadu
[n/a]