Wikstroemia

{{Short description|Genus of shrubs}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Starr_050924-4519_Wikstroemia_monticola.jpg |image_caption = ''{{Okina}}Ākia'' (''Wikstroemia monticola'') |taxon = Wikstroemia |authority = Endl. (1833), nom. cons. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 93; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name=powo>{{cite web |title=''Wikstroemia'' Endl. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332063-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref> |synonyms = *''Capura'' {{small|L. (1771)}} *''Diplomorpha'' {{small|Meisn. (1841)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}

'''''Wikstroemia''''' is a genus of 93 species<ref name = powo/> of flowering shrubs and small trees in the mezereon family, Thymelaeaceae. Hawaiian species are known by the common name '''‘ākia'''.<ref name="Bishop" />

==Medicinal uses== ''Wikstroemia indica'' ({{lang-zh|c=了哥王|p=liǎo gē wáng}}) is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.

==Paper making== The bark fibres of several species of ''Wikstroemia'' are used to make paper.

==Species== 93 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Wikstroemia albiflora'' {{small|Yatabe}} *''Wikstroemia alternifolia'' {{small|Batalin}} *''Wikstroemia androsaemifolia'' {{small|Decne.}} *''Wikstroemia angustifolia'' {{small|Hemsl.}} *''Wikstroemia anhuiensis'' {{small|D.C.Zhang & X.P.Zhang}} *''Wikstroemia australis'' {{Au|Endl.}} – Norfolk Island *''Wikstroemia baimashanensis'' {{small|S.C.Huang}} *''Wikstroemia bicornuta'' Hillebr. – alpine false ohelo (Lāna{{Okina}}i and Maui, Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop">{{Cite web|url=http://data.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/ethnobotany.php?b=d&ID=akia|title=ʻakia, kauhi, ʻakia manolo|work=Hawaii Ethnobotany Online Database|publisher=Bernice P. Bishop Museum|access-date=2009-11-23}}</ref> *''Wikstroemia bokorensis'' {{small|E.Oguri & Tagane}} *''Wikstroemia bolavenensis'' {{small|Tagane & Soulad.}} *''Wikstroemia brachyantha'' {{small|Merr.}} *''Wikstroemia canescens'' {{small|Meisn.}} *''Wikstroemia capitata'' {{small|Rehder}} *''Wikstroemia capitatoracemosa'' {{small|S.C.Huang}} *''Wikstroemia chamaedaphne'' {{small|(Bunge) Meisn.}} *''Wikstroemia chui'' {{small|Merr.}} *''Wikstroemia cochinchinensis'' {{small|H.H.Pham}} *''Wikstroemia cochlearifolia'' {{small|S.C.Huang}} *''Wikstroemia coriacea'' Sol. ex Seem. *''Wikstroemia delavayi'' {{small|Lecomte}} *''Wikstroemia dolichantha'' {{small|Diels}} *''Wikstroemia elliptica'' {{small|Merr.}} *''Wikstroemia fargesii'' {{small|(Lecomte) Domke}} *''Wikstroemia floribunda'' {{small|Merr.}} *''Wikstroemia forbesii'' Skottsb. – Molokai false ohelo (Moloka{{Okina}}i, Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop"/> *''Wikstroemia fragrans'' {{small|W.B.Liao, Q.Fan & J.R.Chen}} *''Wikstroemia fuminensis'' {{small|Y.D.Qi & Yin Z.Wang}} *''Wikstroemia furcata'' (Hillebr.) Rock – forest false ohelo (Kaua{{Okina}}i, Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop"/> *''Wikstroemia ganpi'' {{small|(Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.}} *''Wikstroemia gaomushanensis'' {{small|(Zi L.Chen, P.Wang & Y.F.Lu) Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin}} *''Wikstroemia glabra'' {{small|W.C.Cheng}} *''Wikstroemia gracilis'' {{small|Hemsl.}} *''Wikstroemia guanxianensis'' {{small|Yong H.Zhang, H.Sun & Boufford}} *''Wikstroemia hainanensis'' {{small|Merr.}} *''Wikstroemia hanalei'' Wawra – lavafield false ohelo (Kaua{{Okina}}i, Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop"/> *''Wikstroemia haoi'' {{small|Domke}} *''Wikstroemia huidongensis'' {{small|C.Y.Chang}} *''Wikstroemia indica'' {{Au|(L.) C.A.Mey.}} (synonym ''Wikstroemia linearifolia'') – India and southeast Asia to Malesia, Papuasia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands *''Wikstroemia jiulongensis'' {{small|Yong H.Zhang, H.Sun & Boufford}} *''Wikstroemia johnplewsii'' {{small|W.L.Wagner & Lorence}} - Marquesas Islands *''Wikstroemia lamatsoensis'' {{small|Hamaya}} *''Wikstroemia lanceolata'' {{small|Merr.}} *''Wikstroemia leptophylla'' {{small|W.W.Sm.}} *''Wikstroemia liangii'' {{small|Merr. & Chun}} *''Wikstroemia lichiangensis'' {{small|W.W.Sm.}} *''Wikstroemia ligustrina'' {{small|Rehder}} *''Wikstroemia linoides'' {{small|Hemsl.}} *''Wikstroemia longifolia'' {{small|Lecomte}} *''Wikstroemia longipaniculata'' {{small|S.C.Huang}} *''Wikstroemia lungtzeensis'' {{small|S.C.Huang}} *''Wikstroemia meyeniana'' {{small|Warb.}} *''Wikstroemia micrantha'' {{small|Hemsl.}} *''Wikstroemia monnula'' {{small|Hance}} *''Wikstroemia mononectaria'' {{small|Hayata}} *''Wikstroemia monticola'' Skottsb. – ''{{Okina}}Ākia'', montane false ohelo (Maui)<ref name="Bishop"/> *''Wikstroemia nutans'' {{small|Champ. ex Benth.}} *''Wikstroemia oahuensis'' (A.Gray) Rock – O{{Okina}}ahu false ohelo (Kaua{{Okina}}i, O{{Okina}}ahu, Moloka{{Okina}}i, Lāna{{Okina}}i, and Maui in Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop"/> **''Wikstroemia oahuensis'' var. ''oahuensis'' – O{{Okina}}ahu false ohelo **''Wikstroemia oahuensis'' var. ''palustris'' – O{{Okina}}ahu false ohelo *''Wikstroemia × ohsumiensis'' {{small|Hatus.}} *''Wikstroemia ovata'' {{small|C.A.Mey.}} *''Wikstroemia pachyrachis'' {{small|S.L.Tsai}} *''Wikstroemia pampaninii'' {{small|Rehder}} *''Wikstroemia pauciflora'' {{small|Franch. & Sav.}} *''Wikstroemia paxiana'' {{small|H.J.P.Winkl.}} *''Wikstroemia phillyreifolia'' A.Gray – Hawai{{Okina}}i false ohelo (Island of Hawai{{Okina}}i)<ref name="Bishop"/> *''Wikstroemia phymatoglossa'' {{small|Koidz.}} *''Wikstroemia pilosa'' {{small|W.C.Cheng}} *''Wikstroemia poilanei'' {{small|Leandri}} *''Wikstroemia polyantha'' {{small|Merr.}} *''Wikstroemia pseudoretusa'' {{small|Koidz.}} *''Wikstroemia pulcherrima'' Skottsb. – Kohala false ohelo (Island of Hawai{{Okina}}i)<ref name="Bishop"/> *''Wikstroemia raiateensis'' {{small|J.W.Moore}} *''Wikstroemia reginaldi-farreri'' {{small|(Halda) Yin Z.Wang & M.G.Gilbert}} *''Wikstroemia retusa'' {{small|A.Gray}} *''Wikstroemia ridleyi'' {{small|Gamble}} *''Wikstroemia rotundifolia'' {{small|(L.f.) C.A.Mey.}} *''Wikstroemia salicina'' {{small|(H.Lév.) H.Lév. & Blin.}} *''Wikstroemia sandwicensis'' Meisn. – variableleaf false ohelo (Island of Hawai{{Okina}}i)<ref name="Bishop"/> *''Wikstroemia scytophylla'' {{small|Diels}} *''Wikstroemia sikokiana'' {{small|Franch. & Sav.}} *''Wikstroemia sinoparviflora'' {{small|Yin Z.Wang & M.G.Gilbert}} *†''Wikstroemia skottsbergiana'' Sparre – Skottsberg's false ohelo (Kaua{{Okina}}i, Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop"/> *''Wikstroemia stenophylla'' {{small|E.Pritz.}} *''Wikstroemia subcyclolepidota'' {{small|L.P.Liu & Y.S.Lian}} *''Wikstroemia subspicata'' {{small|(Meisn.) Meisn.}} *''Wikstroemia taiwanensis'' {{small|C.E.Chang}} *''Wikstroemia techinensis'' {{small|S.C.Huang}} *''Wikstroemia tenuiramis'' {{small|Miq.}} *''Wikstroemia trichotoma'' {{small|(Thunb.) Makino}} *''Wikstroemia uva-ursi'' A.Gray – hillside false ohelo (Kaua{{Okina}}i, O{{Okina}}ahu, Moloka{{Okina}}i, and Maui in Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop"/> **''Wikstroemia uva-ursi'' var. kauaiensis – false ohelo **''Wikstroemia uva-ursi'' var. uva-ursi – hillside false ohelo *''Wikstroemia vaccinium'' {{small|(H.Lév.) Rehder}} *''Wikstroemia venosa'' {{small|Merr. & L.M.Perry}} *''Wikstroemia villosa'' Hillebr. – hairy false ohelo (Maui, Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop"/> *''Wikstroemia yakushimensis'' {{small|(Makino) Nakai ex Masam.}} *''Wikstroemia zhejiangensis'' {{small|Y.F.Lu, Z.H.Chen & X.F.Jin}}

===Formerly placed here=== *''Gordonia fruticosa'' {{small|(Schrad.) H.Keng}} (as ''Wikstroemia fruticosa'' {{small|Schrad.}}) *''Rhamnoneuron balansae'' {{small|(Maury) Gilg}} (as ''Wikstroemia balansae'' {{small|Maury}})

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Wikstroemia Category:Medicinal plants Category:Thymelaeaceae genera Category:Taxa described in 1833 Category:Taxa named by Stephan Endlicher Category:Long stubs with short prose