Gardenia anapetes is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Fiji island of Vanua Levu. The native gardenias of Fiji possess a diverse array of natural products. Methoxylated and oxygenated flavonols and triterpenes accumulate on the vegetative- and floral-buds as droplets of secreted resin. Phytochemical studies of these bud exudates have been published, including a population-level study of two other rare, sympatric species on Vanua Levu Island, G. candida and G. grievei.[2]

References

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Gardenia anapetes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T31039A9602393. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31039A9602393.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ Miller, J. M. and S. Sotheeswaran. 1993. Bud exudate composition and ecogeography of Fijian Gardenia species (Rubiaceae). Biotropica 25(1): 117-122