Wikstroemia

Wikstroemia
ʻĀkia (Wikstroemia monticola)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Genus:	Wikstroemia Endl.
Species
See text

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 false ohelo.^[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 albiflora
• Wikstroemia alternifolia
• Wikstroemia angustifolia
• Wikstroemia australis Endl. – Norfolk Island
• Wikstroemia balansae
• Wikstroemia bicornuta Hillebr. – alpine false ohelo (Lānaʻi and Maui, Hawaii)^[2]
• Wikstroemia chuii
• Wikstroemia elliptica
• Wikstroemia forbesii Skottsb. – Molokai false ohelo (Molokaʻi, Hawaii)^[2]
• Wikstroemia fruticosa
• Wikstroemia furcata (Hillebr.) Rock – forest false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Hawaii)^[2]
• Wikstroemia ganpi
• Wikstroemia gracilis
• Wikstroemia hainanensis
• Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra – lavafield false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Hawaii)^[2]
• Wikstroemia indica (L.) C.A.Mey. – NT, Qld, NSW, Australia
• Wikstroemia johnplewsii - Marquesas Islands
• Wikstroemia lanceolata
• Wikstroemia liangii
• Wikstroemia ligustrina
• Wikstroemia linearifolia
• Wikstroemia linoides
• Wikstroemia longipaniculata
• Wikstroemia micrantha
• Wikstroemia monnula
• Wikstroemia mononectaria
• Wikstroemia monticola Skottsb. – ʻĀkia, montane false ohelo (Maui)^[2]
• Wikstroemia nutans
• Wikstroemia oahuensis A.Gray – Oʻahu false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, and Maui in Hawaii)^[2]
  • Wikstroemia oahuensis var. oahuensis – Oʻahu false ohelo
  • Wikstroemia oahuensis var. palustris – Oʻahu false ohelo
• Wikstroemia ovata
• Wikstroemia pampaninii
• Wikstroemia parviflora
• Wikstroemia pauciflora
• Wikstroemia paxiana
• Wikstroemia phillyreifolia A.Gray – Hawaiʻi false ohelo (Island of Hawaiʻi)^[2]
• Wikstroemia polyantha
• Wikstroemia pulcherrima Skottsb. – Kohala false ohelo (Island of Hawaiʻi)^[2]
• Wikstroemia retusa
• Wikstroemia ridleyi
• Wikstroemia rosmarinifolia
• Wikstroemia sandwicensis Meisn. – variableleaf false ohelo (Island of Hawaiʻi)^[2]
• Wikstroemia scytophylla
• Wikstroemia sikokiana
• Wikstroemia stenophylla
• Wikstroemia trichotoma
• Wikstroemia skottsbergiana† Sparre – Skottsberg's false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Hawaii)^[2]
• Wikstroemia souliei
• Wikstroemia taiwanensis
• Wikstroemia techinensis
• Wikstroemia tenuiramis
• Wikstroemia uva-ursi A.Gray – hillside false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, and Maui in Hawaii)^[2]
  • Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. kauaiensis – false ohelo
  • Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi – hillside false ohelo
• Wikstroemia villosa Hillebr. – hairy false ohelo (Maui, Hawaii)^[2]

References

1. "Wikstroemia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
2. "ʻakia, kauhi, ʻakia manolo". Hawaii Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Retrieved 2009-11-23.