Salix hukaoana (ユビソヤナギ, Yubiso-yanagi) is a species of willow endemic to the Kantō and Tōhoku regions of Honshū, Japan.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Genus: | Salix |
| Species: | S. hukaoana
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| Binomial name | |
| Salix hukaoana | |
Taxonomy edit
The species was first described by Japanese botanist Arika Kimura in 1973.[1][3] The specific epithet honours Shigemitsu Fukao, who discovered the tree the previous year growing along the Yubiso River, a tributary of the upper Tone River, in Gunma Prefecture.[3]
Description edit
Salix hukaoana is a deciduous tree that grows to a height of some 15 metres (49 ft).[3]
Conservation status edit
Salix hukaoana is classed as Vulnerable on the Ministry of the Environment Red List.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c Kimura, A. (1973). "Salicis nova species ex regione Okutonensi in Japonia" (PDF). Journal of Japanese Botany. 48 (11): 321–326. ISSN 0022-2062.
- ^ 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. 41, 229, 283. ISBN 978-4-486-01897-1.
- ^ a b c ユビソヤナギ [Salix hukaoana Kimura] (in Japanese). Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ 維管束植物 [Vascular Plants] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2022.