{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | name = Hiva Oa ohelo | genus = Wikstroemia | species = johnplewsii | authority = W.L. Wagner & Lorence | synonyms = ''Daphne johnplewsii'' <small>(W.L. Wagner & Lorence) Halda</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50131189 Tropicos]</ref> }}

'''''Wikstroemia johnplewsii''''', common name '''Hiva Oa ohelo''', is a plant species endemic to the island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. It is found at relatively high altitudes in the mountains, at elevations over 600 m. The only other member of the genus reported from the Marquesas is ''W. coriacea'' (sometimes erroneously called ''W. foetida''). ''Wikstroemia coriacea'' has narrower leaves and smaller inflorescences than. ''W. johnplewsii''.<ref name="asdfkj0qthq380rtq3r3t">[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/640503#page/317/mode/1up Wagner, Warren Lambert, & Lorence, David H. 1998. A new species of ''Wikstromeia'' (Thymelaceae) from Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands. Novon 8(3): 318–320, f. 1.]</ref><ref>Fosberg, F.R. 1993. The Forster Pacific Islands collections from Captain Cook's Resolution Voyage. Allertonia 102:1-53.</ref>

''Wikstroemia johnplewsii'' is a shrub or small tree up to 5 m tall. Leaves are sessile (=without petioles), thick and leathery, dark green on upper surface but much lighter below, elliptic to broadly ovate, up to 8&nbsp;cm long. Peduncles are usually 12–32&nbsp;mm long, sometimes up to 40&nbsp;mm. Inflorescence is an elongate raceme up to 40&nbsp;mm long at flowering time, with 9-27 flowers. Flowers are tubular, greenish-yellow, up to 9&nbsp;mm long.<ref name="asdfkj0qthq380rtq3r3t"/><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=100024277 photo of specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden]</ref><ref>Halda, Josef Jakob. 2001. The Genus ''Daphne''. Dobré, Czech Republic.</ref><ref>Halda, Josef Jakob. 2000. Acta Musei Richnoviensis (Rychnov nad Kněžnou, Czech Republic) 7(1): 6.</ref><ref>Herber, B. E. 2003. Thymelaeaceae. 5: 373–396. In K. Kubitzki (ed.) Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Springer Verlag, Berlin.</ref>

The species is named for NTBG (National Tropical Botanical Garden) contributor John Harry Rice Plews, who funded much of the field research.

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johnplewsii Category:Plants described in 1998 Category:Endemic flora of the Marquesas Islands