Biology:Vaccinium boninense
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Short description: Species of plant
| Vaccinium boninense | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Vaccinium |
| Species: | V. boninense
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| Binomial name | |
| Vaccinium boninense Nakai[1]
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Vaccinium boninense (ムニンシャシャンボ Munin-shashanbo) is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae that is endemic to the Bonin Islands, Tōkyō Metropolis, Japan.[1][2]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Japanese botanist Takenoshin Nakai in 1926.[1] The specific epithet relates to the type locality in the Bonin (or Munin) Islands.[1]
Description
Vaccinium boninense is an evergreen shrub that grows to a height of approximately 1 metre (3 ft 3 in).[3] After flowering, from January to April, it produces small spherical fruits 6 millimetres (0.24 in) in diameter that turn black as they ripen.[3][4]
Conservation status
Vaccinium boninense is classed as Vulnerable on the Ministry of the Environment Red List.[5]
See also
- Ogasawara subtropical moist forests
- Ogasawara National Park
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nakai, T. (1926). "Notulae ad Plantas Japoniae et Koreae XXXII" (in la). The Botanical Magazine 40 (477): 463–495 [480 f.]. doi:10.15281/jplantres1887.40.463. ISSN 0006-808X.
- ↑ Katō, M.; Ebihara, A. (March 2011) (in ja). Tokai University Press. pp. 105, 248, 344. ISBN 978-4-486-01897-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ministry of the Environment, ed (2015) (in ja). Gyōsei Corporation. p. 469. ISBN 978-4-324-09902-5.
- ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Tokyo Metropolitan Government. https://tokyo-rdb.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/index.php. - ↑ "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.
Wikidata ☰ Q17217297 entry
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