Ellis, J. (1761), An account of the plants Halefia and Gardenia. Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London 51(2): 935, t. 23 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Gardenia jasminoides L.T.Ellis

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(3): 54 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 407 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 74 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 241 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 997 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gardenia. Flora of Central Australia: 284 [secondary reference]

Wong, K.M. (1982), Notes on Gardenia and Acranthera (Rubiaceae) from Peninsular Malaysia. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 35(1): 25 [secondary reference]

Puttock, C.F. (5 October 1988), A revision of Gardenia Ellis (Rubiaceae) from north-eastern Queensland. Austrobaileya 2(5): 433-434 [secondary reference]

Puttock, C.F. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Gardenia. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 909-910 [secondary reference]

Tirvengadum, D.D. (1993), Larsenaikia, a new genus of the Rubiaceae from Australia. Nordic Journal of Botany 13: 181 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Kailarsenia Tirveng. legitimate by Wong, K.M. (1982), Notes on Gardenia and Acranthera (Rubiaceae) from Peninsular Malaysia. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 35(1): 25

Puttock, C.F. (10 March 1997), A revision of Gardenia (Rubiaceae) from northern and north-western Australia. Nuytsia 11(2): 225-226 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 440 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 350 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Gardenia Colden nom. rej.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]

common name: Gardenia [n/a]

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