18b. Inflorescences terminal, pseudoaxillary (i.e., regularly borne in only 1 axil at a node), or apparently
pseudoaxillary or lateral due to anisophylly or an undeveloped internode.
18a. Inflorescences not borne at stem apex but regularly axillary (i.e., borne in both axils at a node),
superaxillary, and/or apparently axillary due to regularly produced axillary or lateral short
shoots (i.e., brachyblasts).
The species of Ceriscoides were referred, prior to the late 1970s, to Randia or Gardenia.
the distinction of the species of Ceriscoides from Gardenia sensu lato was clearly