Wikstroemia pseudoretusa (ムニンアオガンピ, Munin-aoganpi) is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae that is endemic to the Bonin Islands, Tōkyō Metropolis, Japan.[1][2]
| Wikstroemia pseudoretusa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Wikstroemia |
| Species: | W. pseudoretusa
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| Wikstroemia pseudoretusa | |
Taxonomy edit
The species was first described by Japanese botanist Gen-ichi Koidzumi in 1919.[1] Koidzumi noted its closeness to Wikstroemia retusa.[1]
Ecology edit
Wikstroemia pseudoretusa seeds an important part of the diet of the Ogaswara greenfinch.[3][4]
Conservation status edit
Wikstroemia pseudoretusa is classed as Near Threatened on the Ministry of the Environment Red List.[5][6]
See also edit
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References edit
- ^ a b c d Koizumi, G. (1919). "Contributiones ad Floram Asiae Orientalis". The Botanical Magazine (in Latin). 33 (389): 110–122 [119]. ISSN 0006-808X.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 維管束植物 [Vascular Plants] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ 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.