Wikstroemia
Encyclopedia
Wikstroemia is a genus
of 55-70 species of flowering
shrub
s and small tree
s in the mezereon
family, Thymelaeaceae
.
is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of 55-70 species of flowering
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
shrub
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...
s and small tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
s in the mezereon
Daphne mezereum
Daphne mezereum is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and Western Asia, north to northern Scandinavia and Russia. In southern Europe it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in the subalpine vegetation zone, but descends to near sea...
family, Thymelaeaceae
Thymelaeaceae
Thymelaeaceae is a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera and 898 species. It was established in 1789 by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu.Thymelaeaceae is in the order Malvales...
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Medicinal uses
Wikstroemia indicaWikstroemia indica
Wikstroemia indica C. A. Mey., also known as tie bush, Indian stringbush, bootlace bush, or small-leaf salago is a small shrub with glossy leaves, small greenish-yellow flowers and toxic red fruits...
is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage , exercise , and dietary therapy...
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Species
- Wikstroemia albiflora
- Wikstroemia alternifolia
- Wikstroemia angustifolia
- Wikstroemia australis
- Wikstroemia balansae
- Wikstroemia bicornutaWikstroemia bicornutaWikstroemia bicornuta is a species of flowering plant in the mezereon family, Thymelaeaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It inhabits mixed mesic and wet forests at elevations of on the islands of Lānai and Maui. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Hillebr.William HillebrandWilliam Hillebrand was a German physician. He traveled the world, including over 20 years in the Hawaiian islands. In 1850, Hillebrand lived at what is now Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu. He also became known as a botanist.-Life and career:...
- Alpine False Ohelo (LānaiLanaiLānai or Lanai is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is also known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The only town is Lānai City, a small settlement....
and MauiMauiThe island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
, HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
) - Wikstroemia chuii
- Wikstroemia elliptica
- Wikstroemia forbesii Skottsb.Carl SkottsbergCarl Johan Fredrik Skottsberg was a Swedish botanist and explorer of Antarctica.Skottsberg was born in Karlshamn, began his academic studies at Uppsala University in 1898 and received his doctorate and a docentship there in 1907...
- Molokai False Ohelo (MolokaiMolokaiMolokai or Molokai is an island in the Hawaiian archipelago. It is 38 by 10 miles in size with a land area of , making it the fifth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands and the 27th largest island in the United States. It lies east of Oahu across the 25-mile wide Kaiwi Channel and north of...
, Hawaii) - Wikstroemia fruticosa
- Wikstroemia furcata (Hillebr.) Rock - Forest False Ohelo (KauaiKauaiKauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...
, Hawaii) - Wikstroemia ganpi
- Wikstroemia gracilis
- Wikstroemia hainanensis
- Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra - Lavafield False Ohelo (Kauai, Hawaii)
- Wikstroemia indicaWikstroemia indicaWikstroemia indica C. A. Mey., also known as tie bush, Indian stringbush, bootlace bush, or small-leaf salago is a small shrub with glossy leaves, small greenish-yellow flowers and toxic red fruits...
C.A.Mey.Carl Anton von MeyerCarl Anton Andreevic von Meyer was a Russian botanist and explorer.Meyer took part in expeditions, including one to the Altay Mountains with Karl Friedrich von Ledebour and Alexander G. von Bunge in 1826-27. He was the director of the botanical gardens at Saint Petersburg from 1850 to 1855.-... - Wikstroemia lanceolata
- Wikstroemia liangii
- Wikstroemia ligustrina
- Wikstroemia linearifolia
- Wikstroemia linoides
- Wikstroemia longipaniculata
- Wikstroemia micrantha
- Wikstroemia monnula
- Wikstroemia mononectaria
- Wikstroemia monticola Skottsb. - Ākia, Montane False Ohelo (MauiMauiThe island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
) - Wikstroemia nutans
- Wikstroemia oahuensisWikstroemia oahuensisĀkia or Oahu False Ohelo is a species of flowering shrub in the mezereon family, Thymelaeaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii.-Description:...
A.GrayAsa Gray-References:*Asa Gray. Dictionary of American Biography. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928–1936.*Asa Gray. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.*Asa Gray. Plant Sciences. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2001....
- Oahu False Ohelo (Kauai, OahuOahuOahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
, Molokai, Lānai, and Maui in Hawaii)- Wikstroemia oahuensis var. oahuensis - Oahu False Ohelo
- Wikstroemia oahuensis var. palustris - Oahu False Ohelo
- Wikstroemia ovata
- Wikstroemia pampaninii
- Wikstroemia parviflora
- Wikstroemia pauciflora
- Wikstroemia paxiana
- Wikstroemia phillyreifolia A.Gray - Hawaii False Ohelo (Island of HawaiiHawaii (island)The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcanic island in the North Pacific Ocean...
) - Wikstroemia polyantha
- Wikstroemia pulcherrima Skottsb. - Kohala False Ohelo (Island of Hawaii)
- Wikstroemia retusa
- Wikstroemia ridleyi
- Wikstroemia rosmarinifolia
- Wikstroemia sandwicensis Meisn. - Variableleaf False Ohelo (Island of Hawaii)
- Wikstroemia scytophylla
- Wikstroemia sikokiana
- Wikstroemia stenophylla
- Wikstroemia trichotoma
- Wikstroemia skottsbergianaWikstroemia skottsbergianaWikstroemia skottsbergiana was a species of flowering plant in the Thymelaeaceae family. It was endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii, but became extinct due to habitat loss.-References:...
† Sparre - Skottsberg's False Ohelo (Kauai, Hawaii) - Wikstroemia souliei
- Wikstroemia taiwanensis
- Wikstroemia techinensis
- Wikstroemia tenuiramis
- Wikstroemia uva-ursi A.Gray - Hillside False Ohelo (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, and Maui in Hawaii)
- Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. kauaiensis - False Ohelo
- Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi - Hillside False Ohelo
- Wikstroemia villosaWikstroemia villosaWikstroemia villosa was a species of plant in the Thymelaeaceae family. It was endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaii, but became extinct due to habitat loss.-Source:...
† Hillebr. - Hairy False Ohelo (Maui, Hawaii)