Gampi

[[File:Starr 030523-0100 Wikstroemia uva-ursi.jpg|thumb|''Wikstroemia uva-ursi'' with unripe fruit]] [[File:Wikstroemiagemmata.jpg|thumb|''Wikstroemia gemmata'']] '''Gampi''' or '''ganpi'''<ref name=melbourne>{{cite web| last=Taylor| first=Travis|title=Gampi| url=http://cultural-conservation.unimelb.edu.au/PapermakingFibres/gampi.html|work=Oriental papermaking fibres|publisher=University of Melbourne, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The Centre for Cultural Materials Preservation|accessdate=9 July 2012| date=2007-08-20}}</ref> are a group of Japanese shrubs, members of the genus ''Wikstroemia'', some of which have been used for making paper since the 8th century.<ref>{{cite book |title=Japanese woodblock printing |last=Salter |first=Rebecca |page=[https://archive.org/details/japanesewoodbloc00salt/page/38 38] |year=2001 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-2553-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/japanesewoodbloc00salt/page/38 }}</ref> It is used to make the high quality washi paper, as are the kōzo and mitsumata trees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Washi - Japanese paper|url=http://www.infomapjapan.com/hstore/200806-infospecial.phtml|work=InfomapJapan|accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref>

Various sources have identified gampi or ganpi as:

*''Wikstroemia albiflora'' Yatabe: known as Miyama ganpi in Japan<ref name=MMPND>{{cite web|url=http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Wikstroemia.html|title=M.M.P.N.D. - Sorting Wikstroemia names|author=|date=|website=www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au|accessdate=22 April 2018}}</ref> *''Wikstroemia canescens'' (Wall.) Meisn.<ref name=melbourne /> (syn. ''Diplomorpha canescens''<ref name=Cornell />): a south Asian plant *''Wikstroemia ganpi'' (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.: known as Ko ganpi in Japan<ref name=MMPND/> *''Wikstroemia kudoi'' Makino: Endemic to Kyushu (Yakushima). Known as Shakunan-ganpi in Japan.<ref name=FoJ>[http://foj.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gbif/foj/ Flora of Japan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722184341/http://foj.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gbif/foj/ |date=2012-07-22 }}</ref> *''Wikstroemia pauciflora'' (Franch. & Sav.) Makino: known as Sakura ganpi in Japan<ref name=MMPND/> *''Wikstroemia pseudoretusa'' Koidz.: Endemic to the Ogasawara Islands. Known in Japan as Munin-aoganpi.<ref name=FoJ/> *''Wikstroemia retusa'' A.Gray:<ref name=Cornell>{{cite web|title=Gampi|url=https://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/paper/5FibAtlasEastern1.pdf|work=Untitled pdf document|publisher=Cornell University Library: Department of Preservation and Maintenance|accessdate=9 July 2012}} ''Wikstroemia misspelled as Wikstreomia and Diplomorpha sikokiana misspelled as Diplomorphs in this source''</ref> known in Japan as ''Ao ganpi''<ref name=MMPND/> *''Wikstroemia sikokiana'' Franch. & Sav.<ref name=pfaf>{{cite web|title=Wikstroemia sikokiana - Franch.&Sav.|url=http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Wikstroemia+sikokiana| publisher=Plants for a Future|accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref> (syn. ''Diplomorpha sikokiana''<ref name=Cornell />): known in Japan as Ganpi<ref name=MMPND/> *''Wikstroemia trichotoma'' (Thunb.) Makino: used for paper-making in China, Korea and Japan;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://khartasia-crcc.mnhn.fr/en/content_en/wikstroemia-trichotoma-thunb-makino|title=Wikstroemia trichotoma (Thunb.) Makino|author=|date=|website=khartasia-crcc.mnhn.fr|accessdate=22 April 2018}}</ref> known as Ki ganpi in Japan.<ref name=MMPND/>

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