Wikstroemia

Wikstroemia
ʻĀkia (Wikstroemia monticola)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Subfamily:	Thymelaeoideae
Genus:	Wikstroemia Endl.
Species
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Wikstroemia is a genus of 55-70 species of flowering shrubs and small trees in the mezereon family, Thymelaeaceae. Hawaiian species are known by the common name ‘ākia.^[1]

Medicinal uses[]

Wikstroemia indica (Chinese: 了哥王; pinyin: 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[]

• Wikstroemia alternifolia
• Wikstroemia angustifolia
• Wikstroemia australis Endl. – Norfolk Island
• Wikstroemia balansae
• Wikstroemia bicornuta Hillebr. – alpine false ohelo (Lānaʻi and Maui, Hawaii)^[1]
• Wikstroemia coriacea Sol. ex Seem.
• Wikstroemia elliptica
• Skottsb. – Molokai false ohelo (Molokaʻi, Hawaii)^[1]
• Wikstroemia fruticosa
• (Hillebr.) Rock – forest false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Hawaii)^[1]
• Wikstroemia gracilis
• Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra – lavafield false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Hawaii)^[1]
• Wikstroemia indica (L.) C.A.Mey. – NT, Qld, NSW, Australia
• Wikstroemia johnplewsii - Marquesas Islands
• Wikstroemia liangii
• Wikstroemia ligustrina
• Wikstroemia linearifolia
• Wikstroemia linoides
• Wikstroemia micrantha
• Wikstroemia monnula
• Wikstroemia mononectaria
• Wikstroemia monticola Skottsb. – ʻĀkia, montane false ohelo (Maui)^[1]
• Wikstroemia nutans
• Wikstroemia oahuensis A.Gray – Oʻahu false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, and Maui in Hawaii)^[1]
  • Wikstroemia oahuensis var. oahuensis – Oʻahu false ohelo
  • Wikstroemia oahuensis var. palustris – Oʻahu false ohelo
• Wikstroemia ovata
• Wikstroemia parviflora
• Wikstroemia paxiana
• A.Gray – Hawaiʻi false ohelo (Island of Hawaiʻi)^[1]
• Wikstroemia polyantha
• Skottsb. – Kohala false ohelo (Island of Hawaiʻi)^[1]
• Wikstroemia retusa
• Meisn. – variableleaf false ohelo (Island of Hawaiʻi)^[1]
• Wikstroemia stenophylla
• Wikstroemia trichotoma
• Wikstroemia skottsbergiana† Sparre – Skottsberg's false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Hawaii)^[1]
• Wikstroemia taiwanensis
• Wikstroemia techinensis
• Wikstroemia tenuiramis
• A.Gray – hillside false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, and Maui in Hawaii)^[1]
  • Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. kauaiensis – false ohelo
  • Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi – hillside false ohelo
• Wikstroemia villosa Hillebr. – hairy false ohelo (Maui, Hawaii)^[1]

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References[]

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