Biology:Cirsium toyoshimae

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Short description: Extinct species of plant

Cirsium toyoshimae
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cirsium
Species:
C. toyoshimae
Binomial name
Cirsium toyoshimae
Koidz.[2]

Cirsium toyoshimae (トヨシマアザミ, Toyoshima-azami) is an extinct species of thistle in the family Asteraceae that was endemic to the Bonin Islands of Tōkyō Metropolis, Japan.[2][3]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Japanese botanist Gen-ichi Koidzumi in 1919.[2]

Description

Cirsium toyoshimae had pale purple flowers and soft spines and was somewhat smaller than the extant Cirsium boninense.[3][4] It used to grow in wooded areas near the coast.[4]

Conservation status

Cirsium toyoshimae is classed as extinct on the Ministry of the Environment Red List.[1][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ministry of the Environment, ed (2015) (in ja). Gyōsei Corporation. p. 8. ISBN 978-4-324-09902-5. https://ikilog.biodic.go.jp/rdbdata/files/envpdf/植物Ⅰ_006.pdf. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Koidzumi, G. (1919). "Contributiones ad Floram Asiae Orientalis" (in la). The Botanical Magazine 33 (389): 110–122 [115]. ISSN 0006-808X. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5436420. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). National Museum of Nature and Science. https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/db/botany/azami/detail.html?no=101. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Tokyo Metropolitan Government. https://tokyo-rdb.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/index.php. 
  5. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Ministry of the Environment. 27 March 2020. https://ikilog.biodic.go.jp/rdbdata/files/redlist2020/redlist2020_ikansoku.csv. Retrieved 7 May 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15597372 entry