Wikstroemia pseudoretusa
{{Short description|Species of plant}}
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| image = Wikstroemia pseudoretusa 1.JPG
| genus = Wikstroemia
| species = pseudoretusa
| authority = Koidz.
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Wikstroemia pseudoretusa is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae that is endemic to the Bonin Islands, Tōkyō Metropolis, Japan.{{cite journal |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5436424 |title=Contributiones ad Floram Asiae Orientalis |language=la |author=Koizumi, G. |journal=The Botanical Magazine |issn=0006-808X |year=1919 |volume=33 |issue=389 |pages=110–122 [119]}}{{cite book |script-title=ja:日本の固有植物 |trans-title=Endemic Plants of Japan |language=ja |author1=Katō, M. |author-link=:ja:加藤雅啓 |author2=Ebihara, A. |author-link2=:ja:海老原淳 |date=March 2011 |publisher=Tokai University Press |isbn=978-4-486-01897-1 |pages=91, 243, 329}}
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Japanese botanist Gen-ichi Koidzumi in 1919. Koidzumi noted its closeness to ''Wikstroemia retusa.
Ecology
Wikstroemia pseudoretusa seeds an important part of the diet of the Ogaswara greenfinch.{{Cite journal|last1=Saitoh|first1=Takema|last2=Kawakami|first2=Kazuto|last3=Red'kin|first3=Yaroslav A.|last4=Nishiumi|first4=Isao|last5=Kim|first5=Chang-Hoe|last6=Kryukov|first6=Alexey P.|date=May 2020|title=Cryptic Speciation of the Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica on Oceanic Islands|journal=Zoological Science|volume=37|issue=3|pages=280–294|doi=10.2108/zs190111|issn=0289-0003|doi-access=free|pmid=32549542 }}{{cite journal |script-title=ja:小笠原諸島におけるカワラヒワの生態適応 |trans-title=Ecological Adaptations of the Oriental Greenfinch Carduelis sinica on the Ogasawara Islands |language=en, ja |author=Nakamura Hiroshi |author-link=:ja:中村浩志 |journal=Japanese Journal of Ornithology |year=1997 |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=95–110, 136 |doi=10.3838/jjo.46.95|doi-access=free }}
Conservation status
Wikstroemia pseudoretusa is classed as Near Threatened on the Ministry of the Environment Red List.{{cite web |url=https://ikilog.biodic.go.jp/rdbdata/files/redlist2020/redlist2020_ikansoku.csv |script-title=ja:維管束植物 |trans-title=Vascular Plants |language=ja |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |date=27 March 2020 |access-date=6 May 2022}}{{cite book |script-title=ja:レッドデータブック2014 —日本の絶滅のおそれのある野生生物— 8 植物I（維管束植物）|trans-title=Red Data Book 2014 — Threatened Wildlife of Japan — Volume 8, Vascular Plants |language=ja |editor=Ministry of the Environment |publisher=Gyōsei Corporation |year=2015 |isbn=978-4-324-09902-5 |page=612}}
See also
{{Commons category|Wikstroemia pseudoretusa}}
References
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Category:Flora of the Bonin Islands