Acad. Arts 17: 203. 1882. Type: U.S.A.: 

 Arizona, Camp Crittenden, Rothrock 675 

 (Holotype GH, n.v.; Isotype NY, n.v.). 

 litiiA. Gray 



Garapatica H. Karat, Linnaea 30: 143. 1859. 

 Type: Garapatica edulis H. Karst. 



Garapatica edulis (L. C. Rich.) H. Karst., Fl. 

 Columb. 1: 57, /. 28. 1860. Genipa edulis 

 L. C. Rich., Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 107. 

 1792. Type: FRENCH GUIANA: Guyana, 

 Richard s.n. (Holotvpe P, n.v.; Isotype F 

 971706 (photo PTBG)).— Alibertia edulis (L. 

 C.Rich.) A. Rich. 



Gardenia J. Ellis, Phil. Trans. 51: 935, t. 23. 

 1761 (nom. cons.). Type: Gardenia' 

 jasminoides J. Ellis 



Gardenia armata Svv., Prodr. Fl. Veg. Ind. Occ. 

 51. 1788. Type: COLOMBIA: Cartagena, 

 Jacquin s.n. (Lectotype: Swartz's plate; 

 designated by Taylor & Lorence, 1993). 

 — Randia armata (Sw.) DC. 



Gardenia augusta (L.) Merr., Interpret. 

 Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 485. 1917. Vameria 

 augusta L., Amoen. Acad. 4: 136. 1759. 

 Type: Not cited; the description and 

 illustration may be taken as the type according 

 to Smith (1974). Frequently cultivated in 

 Mexico and Mesoamerica. 



I rardenia edulis (Rich.) Poir. in Lam., Encycl. 

 Meth. Bot. Suppl. 2: 708. 1812. Genipa edulis 

 Rich., Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 107. 

 17792. Type: FRENCH GUIANA: Guyane, 

 without precise locality, Richard s.n. 

 (Holotype P, n.v.; Isotype F 971706 (photo 

 PTBG)).-Alibertia edulis (R lc h.) A. Rich. 



Gardenia laccifera Sesse & Moc., Fl. Mexic 

 ed. 2, 54. 1894. Type: MEXICO: Habitat in 

 Ayecapixtla haud procul ab Eclesia. Floret 

 Aprih, Sesse & Mocitio s.n. (presumably MA, 

 n.v.).— Status uncertain, probably Randia 

 sp. (protologue states twigs have paired 

 spines). 



Gardenia mexicana Sesse & Moc., Fl. Mexic 

 ed. 2, 54. 1894. Type: MEXICO: Habitat in' 

 Ayacapixtla. Floret Aprili, Sesse & Mocino 

 s.n. (presumably MA, n.v.).— Status 



uncertain, probably Randia sp. (protologue 

 states twigs have 4 spines). 

 Gardenia schiedeana Schltdl., Linnaea 9: 601. 

 1834. Type: MEXICO: Veracruz, prope 

 Actopan, Schiede s.n. (presumably HAL, 

 n.v.). — Status uncertain, possibly 

 synonymous with Randia monantha Benth. 

 (1841); perhaps the oldest available epithet fo 



Genipa L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 931. 1759. 

 Type: Genipa americana L. 



Genipa americana L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 

 931. 1759. Lectotype: BRAZIL: Janipaba Piso 

 & Marcgraf, Hist. Nat. Bras. 52, Ic. 1648. 

 (Lectotype designated by Howard, 1989.) 



Genipa americana L. var. caruto (Kunth) K. 

 Schum. in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(6): 352. 1889. 

 Genipa caruto Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & 

 Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 407. 1820. Type: In 

 riparia Orinoci et Fluminis Nigri, prope 

 Caracas [VENEZUELA] et Carthagena 

 [COLOMBIA], Humboldt & Bonplands.n. 

 (Holotype P-Bonpland, n.v.). For typification 

 see Steyermark, 1972: 349.— Genipa 



Genipa caruto Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & 

 Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 407. 1820. Type: In 

 riparia Orinoci et Fluminis Nigri, prope 

 Caracas [VENEZUELA] et Carthagena 

 [COLOMBIA], Humboldt & Bonplands.n. 

 (Holotype P-Bonpland, n.v.). For typification 

 see Steyermark, 1972: 349.— Genipa 

 americana L. 



Genipa cinerea Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 

 33: 93. 1897. Type: MEXICO: Guerrero, 

 Acapulco and vicinity, Oct 1894-Mar 1895, 

 E. Palmer 348 (Holotype GH, n.v.; Isotype 

 US (photos MEXU, PTBG)).— Randia 

 cinerea (Fernald) Standi. 



Genipa codonocalyx Standi., Contr. U.S. Natl. 

 Herb. 17: 446. 1914. Type: COSTA RICA: 

 Boca Matapalo, cordon littoral du Pacifique, 

 10 Apr 1898, H. Pittier 12085 (Holotype US 

 577536 (photos MEXU, PTBG); Isotype US). 

 — Genipa americana L. 



Genipa curviflora Dwyer, Ann. Missouri Bot. 

 Gard. 64: 184. 1980. Type: PANAMA: 



