Gardenia spatulifolia Stapf & Hutch.

NZOR Identifier: 517742cc-b718-4a39-9f2b-be854c881345

: Synonym of Gardenia volkensii subsp. spatulifolia (Stapf & Hutch.) Verdc. (NZOR Concept Id f8e37349-db53-4e7e-90df-01451636866a)

Authority: Stapf & Hutch.
Rank: species
Published in: Stapf, O.; Hutchinson, J. 1909: Gardenia Thunbergia and its allies. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 38: 417–428.
Micro-reference (page): 424
Year: 1909
Nomenclatural Comment: The epithet has also been spelled as "spathulifolia" but the protologue has "spatulifolia". A discussion elsewhere, on the spelling of "spatulata" and "spathulata" as specific epithets in Drosera, is relevant: "In almost all other botanical names for "spoon shaped", the spelling is "spathulata" (like Nepenthes spathulata). But for some reason when D. spatulata was first described they spelt it without the "h". Since botanical names always go back to the first to describe the species, the correct version is D. spatulata. The Latin (originally Greek) expressions "spatulata" and "spathulata" are both valid, and they can be used alternatively in an original description (protologue). But once published, it is the “original” spelling (in the line that continues of this particular word) that has to be retained."

NZOR Concept Id: b9d3114c-609c-47e6-9a9c-c823f3cdf615
According to: NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent: Gardenia (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name: Gardenia volkensii subsp. spatulifolia (Stapf & Hutch.) Verdc. (In use by NZOR) }

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