| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaccinium boninense Nakai | |
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.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Japanese botanist Takenoshin Nakai in 1926. The specific epithet relates to the type locality in the Bonin (or Munin) Islands.
Description
Vaccinium boninense is an evergreen shrub that grows to a height of approximately 1 metre (3 ft 3 in). After flowering, from January to April, it produces small spherical fruits 6 millimetres (0.24 in) in diameter that turn black as they ripen.
Conservation status
Vaccinium boninense is classed as Vulnerable on the Ministry of the Environment Red List.
See also
References
- ^ Nakai, T. (1926). "Notulae ad Plantas Japoniae et Koreae XXXII". Shokubutsugaku Zasshi (in Latin). 40 (477): 463–495 doi:10.15281/jplantres1887.40.463. ISSN 0006-808X.
- Katō, M. ; Ebihara, A. (March 2011). 日本の固有植物 [Endemic Plants of Japan] (in Japanese). Tokai University Press. pp. 105, 248, 344. ISBN 978-4-486-01897-1.
- ^ Ministry of the Environment, ed. (2015). レッドデータブック2014 —日本の絶滅のおそれのある野生生物— 8 植物I（維管束植物） [Red Data Book 2014 — Threatened Wildlife of Japan — Volume 8, Vascular Plants] (in Japanese). Gyōsei Corporation. p. 469. ISBN 978-4-324-09902-5.
- ムニンシャシャンボ [Vaccinium boninense] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- 維管束植物 [Vascular Plants] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
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| Vaccinium boninense | |