Gardenia brighamii

Taxobox

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image_width = 250px
status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Rubiaceae
genus = "Gardenia"
species = "G. brighamii"
binomial = "Gardenia brighamii"
binomial_authority = H.Mann
synonyms =

"Gardenia brighamii" (also called Forest Gardenia or Hawaiian Gardenia) is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, and is currently only found on the islands of Moloka`i, O`ahu, and Lana`i totaling about 15 to 19 individual trees. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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* Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. 2003. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/30927/all "Gardenia brighamii"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 21 August 2007.