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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. 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. Conservation status ''Wikstroemia pseudoretusa'' is classed as Near Threatened on the Ministry of the Environment Red List. See also * Ogasawara subtropical moist forests * Ogasawara National Park is a national park in the Ogasawara Islands, located approximately one thousand kilometres to the south of Tokyo, Japan. The park was established in 1972 within the Municipalities of Japan, municipality of Ogasawara, Tokyo, Ogasawara, itself pa ... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q17217287 pseudoretusa Flora of the Bonin Islands Endemic flora of Japan Plants described in 1919 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gen-ichi Koidzumi
was a Japanese botanist, author of several papers and monographs on phytogeography including work on roses and Amygdaloideae (Rosaceae), maples (Aceraceae), mulberries (the genus '' Morus''), and many other plants. His name is sometimes transliterated as Gen’ichi or Gen-Iti, or as Koizumi. Biography Gen-ichi Koidzumi was born in Yonezawa in Yamagata Prefecture in 1883. After graduating from the Sapporo Agricultural College, he studied biology at Tokyo Imperial University from 1905, continuing his studies there under Matsumura Jinzō, and receiving his doctorate in 1916. In 1919, he was appointed assistant professor at Kyoto Imperial University, where he remained (other than for a tour of the herbaria of Europe and the United States from 1925 to 1927) until his retirement in 1943; he was promoted to full professor in 1936. In 1932, he founded the Societas Phytogeographica and the journal '' Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica''. Koidzumi died in his hometown of Yonezawa in 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoological Science
''Zoological Science'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Zoological Society of Japan covering the broad field of zoology. The journal was established in 1984 as a result of the merger of the ''Zoological Magazine'' (1888-1983) and ''Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses'' (1897-1983), the former official journals of the Zoological Society of Japan. ''Zoological Science'' has been a BioOne member since 2007. See also * List of zoology journals This is a list of scientific journals which cover the field of zoology. A * '' Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae'' * '' Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae'' * '' Acta Zoologica Bulgarica'' * ''Acta Zoologica Mexicana'' * '' ... External links *The Zoological Society of Japan Zoology journals Monthly journals Publications established in 1984 English-language journals {{zoo-journal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of The Bonin Islands
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms ''gut flora'' or ''skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de Phyt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wikstroemia
''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. Medicinal uses '' Wikstroemia indica'' () 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'' – Norfolk Island *'' Wikstroemia balansae'' *'' Wikstroemia bicornuta'' Hillebr. – alpine false ohelo ( Lānai and Maui, Hawaii) *'' Wikstroemia chuii'' *'' Wikstroemia coriacea'' Sol. ex Seem. *'' Wikstroemia elliptica'' *'' Wikstroemia forbesii'' Skottsb. – Molokai false ohelo ( Molokai, Hawaii) *'' Wikstroemia fruticosa'' *'' Wikstroemia furcata'' (Hillebr.) Rock – forest false ohelo ( Kauai, Hawaii) *''Wikstroemia ganpi'' *'' Wikstroemia gracilis'' *'' Wikstroem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogasawara National Park
is a national park in the Ogasawara Islands, located approximately one thousand kilometres to the south of Tokyo, Japan. The park was established in 1972 within the municipality of Ogasawara, itself part of Tokyo. In 2011, the Ogasawara Islands were inscribed upon the UNESCO World Heritage List. Islands The archipelago is also known as the Bonin Islands, a corruption of , meaning 'uninhabited'. The islands were returned to Japanese administration in 1968 after US Occupation. The Chichijima, Hahajima, and Mukojima clusters are included within the park, but of the three Volcano Islands, Iwo Jima and Minami Iwo Jima are not. Flora and fauna According to the IUCN evaluation for UNESCO, 441 taxa of native plants have been recorded, of which 161 of vascular plants and 88 of woody plants are endemic; the only native mammal is the critically endangered Bonin flying fox; of the 195 recorded species of birds, fourteen are on the IUCN Red List; of the two terrestrial reptiles, the Oga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogasawara Subtropical Moist Forests
The Ogasawara subtropical moist forests is a terrestrial ecoregion which encompasses the Ogasawara Archipelago of Japan. The Ogasawara Archipelago lies in the Pacific Ocean south of Honshu, Japan's largest island, and north of the Marianas Islands. The ecoregion includes the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands chains. The islands are volcanic in origin, and have never been linked to a continent. They are home to distinct plants and animals including many endemic species. The islands also constitute a distinct freshwater ecoregion (Ogasarawa Islands - Kazan Archipelago). Geography The Bonin Islands are about 1000 km south of Honshu, Japan's largest island, and north of the Tropic of Cancer. The Bonin islands form three clusters, Mukojima, Chichijima, and Hahajima, composed of one larger island and several smaller ones. Chichishima, the largest island, and Hahajima, the second-largest, are the only inhabited Bonin islands. The highest point on Hahajima is 326 m, and Chichishima's h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Red List
The Japanese is the Japanese domestic counterpart to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The national Red List is compiled and maintained by the Ministry of the Environment, alongside a separate Red List for marine organisms. Similarly drawing on the relevant scientific authorities, NGOs, and local governments, the Ministry of the Environment also prepares and publishes a that provides further information on species and habitats. The first Red List was published by the then Environmental Agency as part of the first Red Data Book in 1991; in 2020, the fifth edition of the fourth version of the Red List was published. In line with the Marine Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, decided upon by the Ministry in 2011, in 2017 the first Marine Life Red List was published, excluding species subject to international agreements, such as those within the remit of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) (''e.g.'', Pacific bluefin tuna) and International Whaling C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of The Environment (Japan)
The is a Cabinet-level ministry of the government of Japan responsible for global environmental conservation, pollution control, and nature conservation. The ministry was formed in 2001 from the sub-cabinet level Environmental Agency established in 1971. The Minister of the Environment is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is chosen by the Prime Minister, usually from among members of the Diet. In March 2006, the then-Minister of the Environment Yuriko Koike, created a ''furoshiki'' cloth to promote its use in the modern world. In August 2011, the Cabinet of Japan approved a plan to establish a new energy watchdog under the Environment Ministry, and the Nuclear Regulation Authority was founded on September 19, 2012. Organization * Minister's Secretariat (大臣官房) * (総合環境政策統括官) * Global Environment Bureau (地球環境局) * Environment Management Bureau (水・大気環境局) * Nature Conservation Bureau (自然環境局) * (環境再生・資源循 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonin Greenfinch
The Bonin greenfinch (''Chloris kittlitzi''), also known as the Ogasawara greenfinch, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae that is Endemism, endemic to the Bonin Islands, Ogasawara Islands of Japan, where it is found on the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the grey-capped greenfinch (''C. sinica'') and some authorities consider it as such, but a 2020 analysis found it likely to represent a distinct species that diverged from ''C. sinica'' about 1.06 million years ago, and the International Ornithologists' Union, International Ornithological Congress now recognizes it as such, making it the eleventh endemic species in Japan (alongside the Copper pheasant (''Syrmaticus soemmerringii''), Okinawa rail (''Hypotaenidia okinawae''), Amami woodcock (''Scolopax mira''), Japanese green woodpecker (''Picus awokera''), Okinawa woodpecker (''Dendrocopos noguchii''), Lidth's jay (''Garrulus lidthi''), Bonin white-eye (''Apalopter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants that produce their seeds enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Like gymnosperms, angiosperms are seed-producing plants. They are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers, endosperm within their seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ancestor of all living gymnosperms before the end of the Carboniferous, over 300 million years ago. The closest fossil relatives of flowering plants are uncertain and contentious. The earliest angiosperm fossils ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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