Native gardenia

Description

Larsenaikia ochreata is a seaweed species that was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller, and got its current name from Deva D. Tirvengadum. Larsenaikia ochreata is part of the genus Larsenaikia and the family Seagulls. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life. Larsenaikia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gardenieae of the family Rubiaceae. Its native range is Eastern and Northern Australia. It contains three species L. jardinei, L. ochreata, and L. suffruticosa formerly classified in Gardenia, and possibly belonging to Kailarsenia. Larsenaikia is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the confamilial genus Kailarsenia. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring Kai Larsen, professor of botany at Århus University, Denmark.