Biology:Salix hukaoana
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Short description: Species of tree
| Salix hukaoana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Genus: | Salix |
| Species: | S. hukaoana
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| Binomial name | |
| Salix hukaoana Kimura[1]
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Salix hukaoana (ユビソヤナギ Yubiso-yanagi) is a species of willow endemic to the Kantō and Tōhoku regions of Honshū, Japan.[1][2]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Japanese botanist Arika Kimura in 1973.[1][3] The specific epithet honours Shigemitsu Fukao, who discovered the tree the previous year growing along the Yubiso River, a tributary of the upper Tone River, in Gunma Prefecture.[3]
Description
Salix hukaoana is a deciduous tree that grows to a height of some 15 metres (49 ft).[3]
Conservation status
Salix hukaoana is classed as Vulnerable on the Ministry of the Environment Red List.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kimura, A. (1973). "Salicis nova species ex regione Okutonensi in Japonia". Journal of Japanese Botany 48 (11): 321–326. ISSN 0022-2062. http://www.jjbotany.com/pdf/JJB_048_321_326_d.pdf.
- ↑ Katō, M.; Ebihara, A. (March 2011) (in ja). Tokai University Press. pp. 41, 229, 283. ISBN 978-4-486-01897-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute. https://www.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/labs/raretree/5_SHindex.html. - ↑ "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 ☰ Q17562310 entry
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