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]
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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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Taxonomy
editThe 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
editVaccinium 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
editVaccinium boninense is classed as Vulnerable on the Ministry of the Environment Red List.[5]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c d Nakai, T. (1926). "Notulae ad Plantas Japoniae et Koreae XXXII". Shokubutsugaku Zasshi (in Latin). 40 (477): 463–495 [480 f.] doi:10.15281/jplantres1887.40.463. ISSN 0006-808X.
- ^ Katō, M. [in Japanese]; Ebihara, A. [in Japanese] (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.
- ^ a b 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.