# Wikstroemia

Wikstroemia is a genus of 93 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 (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

93 species are accepted.
* Wikstroemia albiflora Yatabe
* Wikstroemia alternifolia Batalin
* Wikstroemia androsaemifolia Decne.
* Wikstroemia angustifolia Hemsl.
* Wikstroemia anhuiensis D.C.Zhang & X.P.Zhang
* Wikstroemia australis Endl. – Norfolk Island
* Wikstroemia baimashanensis S.C.Huang
* Wikstroemia bicornuta Hillebr. – alpine false ohelo (Lānaʻi and Maui, Hawaii)
* Wikstroemia bokorensis E.Oguri & Tagane
* Wikstroemia bolavenensis Tagane & Soulad.
* Wikstroemia brachyantha Merr.
* Wikstroemia canescens Meisn.
* Wikstroemia capitata Rehder
* Wikstroemia capitatoracemosa S.C.Huang
* Wikstroemia chamaedaphne (Bunge) Meisn.
* Wikstroemia chui Merr.
* Wikstroemia cochinchinensis H.H.Pham
* Wikstroemia cochlearifolia S.C.Huang
* Wikstroemia coriacea Sol. ex Seem.
* Wikstroemia delavayi Lecomte
* Wikstroemia dolichantha Diels
* Wikstroemia elliptica Merr.
* Wikstroemia fargesii (Lecomte) Domke
* Wikstroemia floribunda Merr.
* Wikstroemia forbesii Skottsb. – Molokai false ohelo (Molokaʻi, Hawaii)
* Wikstroemia fragrans W.B.Liao, Q.Fan & J.R.Chen
* Wikstroemia fuminensis Y.D.Qi & Yin Z.Wang
* Wikstroemia furcata (Hillebr.) Rock – forest false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Hawaii)
* Wikstroemia ganpi (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.
* Wikstroemia gaomushanensis (Zi L.Chen, P.Wang & Y.F.Lu) Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
* Wikstroemia glabra W.C.Cheng
* Wikstroemia gracilis Hemsl.
* Wikstroemia guanxianensis Yong H.Zhang, H.Sun & Boufford
* Wikstroemia hainanensis Merr.
* Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra – lavafield false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Hawaii)
* Wikstroemia haoi Domke
* Wikstroemia huidongensis C.Y.Chang
* Wikstroemia indica (L.) C.A.Mey. (synonym Wikstroemia linearifolia) – India and southeast Asia to Malesia, Papuasia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands
* Wikstroemia jiulongensis Yong H.Zhang, H.Sun & Boufford
* Wikstroemia johnplewsii W.L.Wagner & Lorence - Marquesas Islands
* Wikstroemia lamatsoensis Hamaya
* Wikstroemia lanceolata Merr.
* Wikstroemia leptophylla W.W.Sm.
* Wikstroemia liangii Merr. & Chun
* Wikstroemia lichiangensis W.W.Sm.
* Wikstroemia ligustrina Rehder
* Wikstroemia linoides Hemsl.
* Wikstroemia longifolia Lecomte
* Wikstroemia longipaniculata S.C.Huang
* Wikstroemia lungtzeensis S.C.Huang
* Wikstroemia meyeniana Warb.
* Wikstroemia micrantha Hemsl.
* Wikstroemia monnula Hance
* Wikstroemia mononectaria Hayata
* Wikstroemia monticola Skottsb. – ʻĀkia, montane false ohelo (Maui)
* Wikstroemia nutans Champ. ex Benth.
* Wikstroemia oahuensis (A.Gray) Rock – Oʻahu false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, and Maui in Hawaii)
** Wikstroemia oahuensis var. oahuensis – Oʻahu false ohelo
** Wikstroemia oahuensis var. palustris – Oʻahu false ohelo
* Wikstroemia × ohsumiensis Hatus.
* Wikstroemia ovata C.A.Mey.
* Wikstroemia pachyrachis S.L.Tsai
* Wikstroemia pampaninii Rehder
* Wikstroemia pauciflora Franch. & Sav.
* Wikstroemia paxiana H.J.P.Winkl.
* Wikstroemia phillyreifolia A.Gray – Hawaiʻi false ohelo (Island of Hawaiʻi)
* Wikstroemia phymatoglossa Koidz.
* Wikstroemia pilosa W.C.Cheng
* Wikstroemia poilanei Leandri
* Wikstroemia polyantha Merr.
* Wikstroemia pseudoretusa Koidz.
* Wikstroemia pulcherrima Skottsb. – Kohala false ohelo (Island of Hawaiʻi)
* Wikstroemia raiateensis J.W.Moore
* Wikstroemia reginaldi-farreri (Halda) Yin Z.Wang & M.G.Gilbert
* Wikstroemia retusa A.Gray
* Wikstroemia ridleyi Gamble
* Wikstroemia rotundifolia (L.f.) C.A.Mey.
* Wikstroemia salicina (H.Lév.) H.Lév. & Blin.
* Wikstroemia sandwicensis Meisn. – variableleaf false ohelo (Island of Hawaiʻi)
* Wikstroemia scytophylla Diels
* Wikstroemia sikokiana Franch. & Sav.
* Wikstroemia sinoparviflora Yin Z.Wang & M.G.Gilbert
* †Wikstroemia skottsbergiana Sparre – Skottsberg's false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Hawaii)
* Wikstroemia stenophylla E.Pritz.
* Wikstroemia subcyclolepidota L.P.Liu & Y.S.Lian
* Wikstroemia subspicata (Meisn.) Meisn.
* Wikstroemia taiwanensis C.E.Chang
* Wikstroemia techinensis S.C.Huang
* Wikstroemia tenuiramis Miq.
* Wikstroemia trichotoma (Thunb.) Makino
* Wikstroemia uva-ursi A.Gray – hillside false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, and Maui in Hawaii)
** Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. kauaiensis – false ohelo
** Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi – hillside false ohelo
* Wikstroemia vaccinium (H.Lév.) Rehder
* Wikstroemia venosa Merr. & L.M.Perry
* Wikstroemia villosa Hillebr. – hairy false ohelo (Maui, Hawaii)
* Wikstroemia yakushimensis (Makino) Nakai ex Masam.
* Wikstroemia zhejiangensis Y.F.Lu, Z.H.Chen & X.F.Jin

### Formerly placed here

* Gordonia fruticosa (Schrad.) H.Keng (as Wikstroemia fruticosa Schrad.)
* Rhamnoneuron balansae (Maury) Gilg (as Wikstroemia balansae Maury)
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