Wikstroemia pseudoretusa

Wikstroemia pseudoretusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Wikstroemia
Species:
W. pseudoretusa
Binomial name
Wikstroemia pseudoretusa

Wikstroemia pseudoretusa is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae that is endemic to the Bonin Islands, Tōkyō Metropolis, Japan.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Japanese botanist Gen-ichi Koidzumi in 1919. Koidzumi noted its closeness to Wikstroemia retusa.

Ecology

Wikstroemia pseudoretusa seeds an important part of the diet of the Ogaswara greenfinch.

Conservation status

Wikstroemia pseudoretusa is classed as Near Threatened on the Ministry of the Environment Red List.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Koizumi, G. (1919). "Contributiones ad Floram Asiae Orientalis". The Botanical Magazine (in Latin). 33 (389): 110–122 [119]. ISSN 0006-808X.
  2. ↑ Katō, M. [in Japanese]; Ebihara, A. [in Japanese] (March 2011). 日本の固有植物 [Endemic Plants of Japan] (in Japanese). Tokai University Press. pp. 91, 243, 329. ISBN 978-4-486-01897-1.
  3. ↑ Saitoh, Takema; Kawakami, Kazuto; Red'kin, Yaroslav A.; Nishiumi, Isao; Kim, Chang-Hoe; Kryukov, Alexey P. (May 2020). "Cryptic Speciation of the Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica on Oceanic Islands". Zoological Science. 37 (3): 280–294. doi:10.2108/zs190111. ISSN 0289-0003. PMID 32549542.
  4. ↑ Nakamura Hiroshi [in Japanese] (1997). 小笠原諸島におけるカワラヒワの生態適応 [Ecological Adaptations of the Oriental Greenfinch Carduelis sinica on the Ogasawara Islands]. Japanese Journal of Ornithology (in English and Japanese). 46 (2): 95–110, 136. doi:10.3838/jjo.46.95.
  5. ↑ 維管束植物 [Vascular Plants] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Ministry of the Environment, ed. (2015). レッドデータブック2014 —日本の絶滅のおそれのある野生生物— 8 植物I（維管束植物） [Red Data Book 2014 — Threatened Wildlife of Japan — Volume 8, Vascular Plants] (in Japanese). Gyōsei Corporation. p. 612. ISBN 978-4-324-09902-5.