Oxygyne hyodoi C.Abe & Akasawa (1989:161)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Saionia hyodoi (C.Abe & Akasawa) H.Ohashi in J. Jap. Bot. 90: 117 (2015)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Cheek et al., 2018)
Last (and only) record: 9 October 1988 (Cheek et al., 2018)
Distribution
Nishiumi-Cho, Minamiuwa-gun, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Abe, C. and Akasawa, Y. (1989). A new species of Oxygyne (Burmanniaceae) found in Shikoku, Japan. Journal of Japanese Botany 64(6): 161-164.
Other references:
Cheek, Martin, Tsukaya, H., Rudall, P. J. and Suetsugu, K. (2018). Taxonomic monograph of Oxygyne (Thismiaceae), rare achlorophyllous mycoheterotrophs with strongly disjunct distribution. PeerJ 6: e4828. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4828
Ehime Prefectural Government. (2003). Threatened Wildlife in Ehime. Ehime: Nature Conservation Division, Dept of the Environment, Ehime Prefectural Govt. 283
Garrett, Natalie, Viruel, Juan, Klimpert, Nathaniel, Gomez, Marybel Soto, Lam, Vivienne K. Y., Merckx, Vincent S. F. T. and Graham, Sean W. (2023). Plastid phylogenomics and molecular evolution of Thismiaceae (Dioscoreales). American Journal of Botany 110(4): e16141. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16141
Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. and Saunders, R. M. K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D. E. and Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
Kobayashi, T. and Kobayashi, N. (1993). On a species of Oxygyne (Burmanniaceae) from Kobe City. Journal of Phytogeography and Taxonomy 41(1): 29-30. (in Japanese)
Ohashi, H. (2015). Resurrection of Saionia (Thismiaceae) Journal of Japanese Botany 90: 115-118
Tsukaya, H. (2016). Burmanniaceae. In: Iwatsuki K, Boufford DE, Ohba H, eds. Flora of Japan. Tokyo: Kodansha Publisher. Vol. IVb: 194-197.