# Wikstroemia

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{{Short description|Genus of shrubs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Starr_050924-4519_Wikstroemia_monticola.jpg
|image_caption = ''{{Okina}}Ākia'' (''Wikstroemia monticola'')
|taxon = Wikstroemia
|authority = [Endl.](/source/Stephan_Ladislaus_Endlicher) (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](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_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](/source/genus) of 93 species<ref name = powo/> of [flowering](/source/Flowering_plant) [shrub](/source/shrub)s and small [tree](/source/tree)s in the [mezereon](/source/Daphne_mezereum) family, [Thymelaeaceae](/source/Thymelaeaceae). Hawaiian species are known by the common name '''‘ākia'''.<ref name="Bishop" />

==Medicinal uses==
''[Wikstroemia indica](/source/Wikstroemia_indica)'' ({{lang-zh|c=了哥王|p=liǎo gē wáng}}) is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in [traditional Chinese medicine](/source/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](/source/Wikstroemia_albiflora)'' {{small|Yatabe}}
*''[Wikstroemia alternifolia](/source/Wikstroemia_alternifolia)'' {{small|Batalin}}
*''[Wikstroemia androsaemifolia](/source/Wikstroemia_androsaemifolia)'' {{small|Decne.}}
*''[Wikstroemia angustifolia](/source/Wikstroemia_angustifolia)'' {{small|Hemsl.}}
*''[Wikstroemia anhuiensis](/source/Wikstroemia_anhuiensis)'' {{small|D.C.Zhang & X.P.Zhang}}
*''[Wikstroemia australis](/source/Wikstroemia_australis)'' {{Au|Endl.}} – [Norfolk Island](/source/Norfolk_Island)
*''[Wikstroemia baimashanensis](/source/Wikstroemia_baimashanensis)'' {{small|S.C.Huang}}
*''[Wikstroemia bicornuta](/source/Wikstroemia_bicornuta)'' <small>[Hillebr.](/source/William_Hillebrand)</small> – alpine false ohelo ([Lāna{{Okina}}i](/source/Lanai) and  [Maui](/source/Maui), [Hawaii](/source/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](/source/Wikstroemia_bokorensis)'' {{small|E.Oguri & Tagane}}
*''[Wikstroemia bolavenensis](/source/Wikstroemia_bolavenensis)'' {{small|Tagane & Soulad.}}
*''[Wikstroemia brachyantha](/source/Wikstroemia_brachyantha)'' {{small|Merr.}}
*''[Wikstroemia canescens](/source/Wikstroemia_canescens)'' {{small|Meisn.}}
*''[Wikstroemia capitata](/source/Wikstroemia_capitata)'' {{small|Rehder}}
*''[Wikstroemia capitatoracemosa](/source/Wikstroemia_capitatoracemosa)'' {{small|S.C.Huang}}
*''[Wikstroemia chamaedaphne](/source/Wikstroemia_chamaedaphne)'' {{small|(Bunge) Meisn.}}
*''[Wikstroemia chui](/source/Wikstroemia_chui)'' {{small|Merr.}}
*''[Wikstroemia cochinchinensis](/source/Wikstroemia_cochinchinensis)'' {{small|H.H.Pham}}
*''[Wikstroemia cochlearifolia](/source/Wikstroemia_cochlearifolia)'' {{small|S.C.Huang}}
*''[Wikstroemia coriacea](/source/Wikstroemia_coriacea)'' <small>Sol. ex Seem.</small>
*''[Wikstroemia delavayi](/source/Wikstroemia_delavayi)'' {{small|Lecomte}}
*''[Wikstroemia dolichantha](/source/Wikstroemia_dolichantha)'' {{small|Diels}}
*''[Wikstroemia elliptica](/source/Wikstroemia_elliptica)'' {{small|Merr.}}
*''[Wikstroemia fargesii](/source/Wikstroemia_fargesii)'' {{small|(Lecomte) Domke}}
*''[Wikstroemia floribunda](/source/Wikstroemia_floribunda)'' {{small|Merr.}}
*''[Wikstroemia forbesii](/source/Wikstroemia_forbesii)'' <small>[Skottsb.](/source/Carl_Skottsberg)</small> – Molokai false ohelo ([Moloka{{Okina}}i](/source/Molokai), Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop"/>
*''[Wikstroemia fragrans](/source/Wikstroemia_fragrans)'' {{small|W.B.Liao, Q.Fan & J.R.Chen}}
*''[Wikstroemia fuminensis](/source/Wikstroemia_fuminensis)'' {{small|Y.D.Qi & Yin Z.Wang}}
*''[Wikstroemia furcata](/source/Wikstroemia_furcata)'' <small>(Hillebr.) Rock</small> – forest false ohelo ([Kaua{{Okina}}i](/source/Kauai), Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop"/>
*''[Wikstroemia ganpi](/source/Wikstroemia_ganpi)'' {{small|(Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.}}
*''[Wikstroemia gaomushanensis](/source/Wikstroemia_gaomushanensis)'' {{small|(Zi L.Chen, P.Wang & Y.F.Lu) Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin}}
*''[Wikstroemia glabra](/source/Wikstroemia_glabra)'' {{small|W.C.Cheng}}
*''[Wikstroemia gracilis](/source/Wikstroemia_gracilis)'' {{small|Hemsl.}}
*''[Wikstroemia guanxianensis](/source/Wikstroemia_guanxianensis)'' {{small|Yong H.Zhang, H.Sun & Boufford}}
*''[Wikstroemia hainanensis](/source/Wikstroemia_hainanensis)'' {{small|Merr.}}
*''[Wikstroemia hanalei](/source/Wikstroemia_hanalei)'' <small>Wawra</small> – lavafield false ohelo (Kaua{{Okina}}i, Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop"/>
*''[Wikstroemia haoi](/source/Wikstroemia_haoi)'' {{small|Domke}}
*''[Wikstroemia huidongensis](/source/Wikstroemia_huidongensis)'' {{small|C.Y.Chang}}
*''[Wikstroemia indica](/source/Wikstroemia_indica)'' {{Au|(L.) [C.A.Mey.](/source/Carl_Anton_von_Meyer)}} (synonym ''[Wikstroemia linearifolia](/source/Wikstroemia_linearifolia)'') – India and southeast Asia to Malesia, Papuasia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands
*''[Wikstroemia jiulongensis](/source/Wikstroemia_jiulongensis)'' {{small|Yong H.Zhang, H.Sun & Boufford}}
*''[Wikstroemia johnplewsii](/source/Wikstroemia_johnplewsii)'' {{small|W.L.Wagner & Lorence}} - Marquesas Islands
*''[Wikstroemia lamatsoensis](/source/Wikstroemia_lamatsoensis)'' {{small|Hamaya}}
*''[Wikstroemia lanceolata](/source/Wikstroemia_lanceolata)'' {{small|Merr.}}
*''[Wikstroemia leptophylla](/source/Wikstroemia_leptophylla)'' {{small|W.W.Sm.}}
*''[Wikstroemia liangii](/source/Wikstroemia_liangii)'' {{small|Merr. & Chun}}
*''[Wikstroemia lichiangensis](/source/Wikstroemia_lichiangensis)'' {{small|W.W.Sm.}}
*''[Wikstroemia ligustrina](/source/Wikstroemia_ligustrina)'' {{small|Rehder}}
*''[Wikstroemia linoides](/source/Wikstroemia_linoides)'' {{small|Hemsl.}}
*''[Wikstroemia longifolia](/source/Wikstroemia_longifolia)'' {{small|Lecomte}}
*''[Wikstroemia longipaniculata](/source/Wikstroemia_longipaniculata)'' {{small|S.C.Huang}}
*''[Wikstroemia lungtzeensis](/source/Wikstroemia_lungtzeensis)'' {{small|S.C.Huang}}
*''[Wikstroemia meyeniana](/source/Wikstroemia_meyeniana)'' {{small|Warb.}}
*''[Wikstroemia micrantha](/source/Wikstroemia_micrantha)'' {{small|Hemsl.}}
*''[Wikstroemia monnula](/source/Wikstroemia_monnula)'' {{small|Hance}}
*''[Wikstroemia mononectaria](/source/Wikstroemia_mononectaria)'' {{small|Hayata}}
*''[Wikstroemia monticola](/source/Wikstroemia_monticola)'' <small>Skottsb.</small> – ''{{Okina}}Ākia'', montane false ohelo ([Maui](/source/Maui))<ref name="Bishop"/>
*''[Wikstroemia nutans](/source/Wikstroemia_nutans)'' {{small|Champ. ex Benth.}}
*''[Wikstroemia oahuensis](/source/Wikstroemia_oahuensis)'' <small>([A.Gray](/source/Asa_Gray)) Rock</small> – O{{Okina}}ahu false ohelo (Kaua{{Okina}}i, [O{{Okina}}ahu](/source/Oahu), 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](/source/Wikstroemia_%C3%97_ohsumiensis)'' {{small|Hatus.}}
*''[Wikstroemia ovata](/source/Wikstroemia_ovata)'' {{small|C.A.Mey.}}
*''[Wikstroemia pachyrachis](/source/Wikstroemia_pachyrachis)'' {{small|S.L.Tsai}}
*''[Wikstroemia pampaninii](/source/Wikstroemia_pampaninii)'' {{small|Rehder}}
*''[Wikstroemia pauciflora](/source/Wikstroemia_pauciflora)'' {{small|Franch. & Sav.}}
*''[Wikstroemia paxiana](/source/Wikstroemia_paxiana)'' {{small|H.J.P.Winkl.}}
*''[Wikstroemia phillyreifolia](/source/Wikstroemia_phillyreifolia)'' <small>A.Gray</small> – Hawai{{Okina}}i false ohelo ([Island of Hawai{{Okina}}i](/source/Hawaii_(island)))<ref name="Bishop"/>
*''[Wikstroemia phymatoglossa](/source/Wikstroemia_phymatoglossa)'' {{small|Koidz.}}
*''[Wikstroemia pilosa](/source/Wikstroemia_pilosa)'' {{small|W.C.Cheng}}
*''[Wikstroemia poilanei](/source/Wikstroemia_poilanei)'' {{small|Leandri}}
*''[Wikstroemia polyantha](/source/Wikstroemia_polyantha)'' {{small|Merr.}}
*''[Wikstroemia pseudoretusa](/source/Wikstroemia_pseudoretusa)'' {{small|Koidz.}}
*''[Wikstroemia pulcherrima](/source/Wikstroemia_pulcherrima)'' <small>Skottsb.</small> – Kohala false ohelo (Island of Hawai{{Okina}}i)<ref name="Bishop"/>
*''[Wikstroemia raiateensis](/source/Wikstroemia_raiateensis)'' {{small|J.W.Moore}}
*''[Wikstroemia reginaldi-farreri](/source/Wikstroemia_reginaldi-farreri)'' {{small|(Halda) Yin Z.Wang & M.G.Gilbert}}
*''[Wikstroemia retusa](/source/Wikstroemia_retusa)'' {{small|A.Gray}}
*''[Wikstroemia ridleyi](/source/Wikstroemia_ridleyi)'' {{small|Gamble}}
*''[Wikstroemia rotundifolia](/source/Wikstroemia_rotundifolia)'' {{small|(L.f.) C.A.Mey.}}
*''[Wikstroemia salicina](/source/Wikstroemia_salicina)'' {{small|(H.Lév.) H.Lév. & Blin.}}
*''[Wikstroemia sandwicensis](/source/Wikstroemia_sandwicensis)'' <small>[Meisn.](/source/Carl_Meissner)</small> – variableleaf false ohelo (Island of Hawai{{Okina}}i)<ref name="Bishop"/>
*''[Wikstroemia scytophylla](/source/Wikstroemia_scytophylla)'' {{small|Diels}}
*''[Wikstroemia sikokiana](/source/Wikstroemia_sikokiana)'' {{small|Franch. & Sav.}}
*''[Wikstroemia sinoparviflora](/source/Wikstroemia_sinoparviflora)'' {{small|Yin Z.Wang & M.G.Gilbert}}
*†''[Wikstroemia skottsbergiana](/source/Wikstroemia_skottsbergiana)'' <small>Sparre</small> – Skottsberg's false ohelo (Kaua{{Okina}}i, Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop"/>
*''[Wikstroemia stenophylla](/source/Wikstroemia_stenophylla)'' {{small|E.Pritz.}}
*''[Wikstroemia subcyclolepidota](/source/Wikstroemia_subcyclolepidota)'' {{small|L.P.Liu & Y.S.Lian}}
*''[Wikstroemia subspicata](/source/Wikstroemia_subspicata)'' {{small|(Meisn.) Meisn.}}
*''[Wikstroemia taiwanensis](/source/Wikstroemia_taiwanensis)'' {{small|C.E.Chang}}
*''[Wikstroemia techinensis](/source/Wikstroemia_techinensis)'' {{small|S.C.Huang}}
*''[Wikstroemia tenuiramis](/source/Wikstroemia_tenuiramis)'' {{small|Miq.}}
*''[Wikstroemia trichotoma](/source/Wikstroemia_trichotoma)'' {{small|(Thunb.) Makino}}
*''[Wikstroemia uva-ursi](/source/Wikstroemia_uva-ursi)'' <small>A.Gray</small> – 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](/source/Wikstroemia_vaccinium)'' {{small|(H.Lév.) Rehder}}
*''[Wikstroemia venosa](/source/Wikstroemia_venosa)'' {{small|Merr. & L.M.Perry}}
*''[Wikstroemia villosa](/source/Wikstroemia_villosa)'' <small>Hillebr.</small> – hairy false ohelo (Maui, Hawaii)<ref name="Bishop"/>
*''[Wikstroemia yakushimensis](/source/Wikstroemia_yakushimensis)'' {{small|(Makino) Nakai ex Masam.}}
*''[Wikstroemia zhejiangensis](/source/Wikstroemia_zhejiangensis)'' {{small|Y.F.Lu, Z.H.Chen & X.F.Jin}}

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

<!--
Wikstroemia alba Hand. - Mazz. -> Wikstroemia trichotoma (Thunb.) Makino
Wikstroemia aurantiaca (Diels) Domke -> Daphne aurantiaca Diels 
Wikstroemia basicordata Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia brevipaniculata Rehd. -> Wikstroemia micrantha Hemsl. 
Wikstroemia calcicola (W. W. Smith) Domke -> Daphne aurantiaca Diels 
Wikstroemia canescens (Wall.) C. A. Mey.  ->  Wikstroemia canescens (Wall.) Meisn.
Wikstroemia canescens (Wall.) Meisn. 
Wikstroemia canescens (Wall.) Meisn. var. ganpi (Siebold & Zucc.) Miq.  ->  Wikstroemia ganpi (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim. 
Wikstroemia caumii Skottsberg -> Wikstroemia villosa Hillebr.
Wikstroemia chamaedaphne (Bunge) Meisn. ->   Wikstroemia canescens (Wall.) Meisn.
Wikstroemia chamaedaphne (Bunge) Meisn.  var. glioides Batal. Ex Lecomte  ->  Wikstroemia stenophylla E. Pritz. Ex Diels 
Wikstroemia circinata (Lecomte) Domke -> Wikstroemia dolichantha Diels 
Wikstroemia clivicola (Handel-Mazzetti) Domke -> Daphne rosmarinifolia Rehder 
Wikstroemia cunninghamii Meisn.  ->  Wikstroemia australis Endl. 
Wikstroemia curtyana (A.Rich.) S. F. Blake 
Wikstroemia degeneri Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia diffusa (Lecomte) Domke -> Daphne rosmarinifolia Rehder 
Wikstroemia diplomorpha hort. 
Wikstroemia dolichantha Diels 
Wikstroemia dolichantha Diels var. dolichantha 
Wikstroemia dolichantha Diels var. effusa (Rehd.) B. Peterson
Wikstroemia dolichantha Diels var. pubescens Domke 
Wikstroemia effusa Rehd.  -> Wikstroemia dolichantha  Diels var. effusa  (Rehd.) B. Peterson 
Wikstroemia ellipsocarpa Maxim. -> Wikstroemia trichotoma (Thunb.) Makino 
Wikstroemia elliptica Merr.
Wikstroemia elongata Gray   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia ericifolia Domke -> Wikstroemia micrantha Hemsl. 
Wikstroemia eugenioides Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia fargesii (Lecomte) Domke 
Wikstroemia. foetida (L. f.) A. Gray  ->  Wikstroemia uva-ursi A. Gray 
Wikstroemia foetida (L. f.) A. Gray var. glauca Wawra   ->  Wikstroemia uva-ursi A. Gray 
Wikstroemia haleakalensis Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia insularis T. H. Chung   -> Wikstroemia trichotoma (Thunb.) Makino 
Wikstroemia isae Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Miq.  -> Wikstroemia trichotoma (Thunb.) Makino
Wikstroemia kulingensis Domke  ->  Wikstroemia pilosa Cheng var. kulingensis (Domke) S.C.Huang 
Wikstroemia lanaiensis Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia lanaiensis Skottsberg  var. acutifolia Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia lecomteana Domke -> Daphne rosmarinifolia Rehder 
Wikstroemia leptantha Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia macrosiphon Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia mairei (Lecomte) Domke -> Daphne esquirolii Lév.
Wikstroemia monticola Skottsberg  
Wikstroemia monticola Skottsberg  var. occidentalis Skottsberg  ->  Wikstroemia uva-ursi A. Gray var. uva-ursi 
Wikstroemia nutans auct., non Champ. -> Wikstroemia trichotoma (Thunb.) Makino 
Wikstroemia obovata Hemsl. ->  Wikstroemia retusa A. Gray 
Wikstroemia palustris Hochr. ->  Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. palustris (Hochr.) Peterson 
Wikstroemia palustris Hochr. var. major Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia pilosa Cheng 
Wikstroemia pilosa Cheng var. kulingensis (Domke) S.C.Huang 
Wikstroemia pilosa Cheng var. pilosa 
Wikstroemia recurva (Hillebr.) Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia recurva (Hillebr.) Skottsberg var. neriifolia Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia rosmarinifolia H. Winkl.  ->  Wikstroemia stenophylla E. Pritz. Ex Diels 
Wikstroemia sellingii Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis
Wikstroemia sericea Domke  ->   Wikstroemia pilosa Cheng var. kulingensis (Domke) S.C.Huang 
Wikstroemia shuttleworthiana Meisn., nom. illeg.  ->    Wikstroemia indica C. A. Mey. 
Wikstroemia shuttleworthii Meisn  ->  Wikstroemia indica C. A. Mey.
Wikstroemia vacciniifolia Skottsberg   -> Wikstroemia oahuensis (Gray) Rock var. oahuensis 
Wikstroemia viridiflora Meisn.  ->   Wikstroemia indica C. A. Mey.-->

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