Wikstroemia

Wikstroemia
ʻĀkia (Wikstroemia monticola)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Subfamily: Thymelaeoideae
Genus: Wikstroemia
Endl. (1833), nom. cons.
Species

93; see text

Synonyms
  • Capura L. (1771)
  • Diplomorpha Meisn. (1841)

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.