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Okinawa Sumire
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- Bad at Goodbyes
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- Jun 10, 2026
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- 1611
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Summary
Okinawa Sumire :: Viola utchinensis Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 080 On today’s show we learn about the Okinawa Sumire, a critically endangered flowering plant native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, in the Pacific Ocean, specifically, the island of Okinawa, roughly 400 miles southeast of the Japanese mainland. Its scientific name is Viola utchinensis and it was first described in 1938. (00:05) Intro (02:05) Species Information (17:56) Citations (19:47) Music (24:53) Pledge Research for today’s show was compiled from: Beattie, A. J., and N. Lyons. 1975. "Seed Dispersal in Viola (Violaceae): Adaptations and Strategies." American Journal of Botany 62, no. 7: 714–722. – https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1537-2197.1975.tb14104.x FamousFix. n.d. "Flora of the Ryukyu Islands." FamousFix. Accessed June 3, 2026. – https://www.famousfix.com/list/flora-of-the-ryukyu-islands iNaturalist – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?captive=false&nelat=26.527232454&nelng=127.974081399&quality_grade=research&subview=map&swlat=26.42028461&swlng=127.849111916&verifiable=any&view=species Karnish, A. (2024). "Seed dispersal by ants: A primer". International Journal of Plant Sciences, 185(5), 403–411. – https://doi.org/10.1086/730787 Koidzumi, G. (1938). "Contributiones ad Cognitioem Florae Asiae Orientalis". Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 7 (2): 112–117 [113]. – https://doi.org/10.18942/bunruichiri.KJ00002594478 Marcussen, T., Ballard, H. E., Danihelka, J., Flores, A. R., Nicola, M. V., & Watson, J. M. (2022). A Revised Phylogenetic Classification for Viola (Violaceae). Plants 11(17), 2224. – https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11172224 Ministry of the Environment, Japan. 2016. Viola utchinensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T54081377A54081585. –…