Gardenia gordonii

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|status = LR/nt

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |date=1998 |title=Gardenia gordonii |volume=1998 |page=e.T31041A9602509 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31041A9602509.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

|genus = Gardenia

|species = gordonii

|authority = Baker

}}

Gardenia gordonii is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae endemic to Fiji. 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 of the Fiji Archipelago, G. candida and G. grievei.Miller, J. M. and S. Sotheeswaran. 1993. Bud exudate composition and ecogeography of Fijian Gardenia species (Rubiaceae). Biotropica 25(1): 117-122