Phyllostegia

Phyllostegia
Phyllostegia haliakalae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Phyllostegia
Benth.[1]

Phyllostegia is a genus of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the Pacific (Hawaii, Tonga and the Society Islands, although it appears to be extinct in the Society Islands).[2] Phyllostegia glabra var. lanaiensis, became extinct before 2021,[3] and was delisted from the Endangered Species Act based on extinction.

Species[2]
  1. Phyllostegia ambigua (A.Gray) Hillebr - Hawaii Big Island, Maui
  2. Phyllostegia bracteata Sherff - Maui
  3. Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray - Hawaii Big Island, Maui
  4. Phyllostegia electra C.N.Forbes - Kauai
  5. Phyllostegia floribunda Benth - Hawaii Big Island
  6. Phyllostegia glabra (Gaudich.) Benth. - Hawaiian Islands
  7. Phyllostegia grandiflora (Gaudich.) Benth - Oahu
  8. Phyllostegia haliakalae Wawra - Maui, Molokai
  9. Phyllostegia helleri Sherff - Wai'alae Valley of Kauai
  10. †Phyllostegia hillebrandii H.Mann ex Hillebr - Maui but extinct
  11. Phyllostegia hirsuta Benth. - Oahu
  12. Phyllostegia hispida Hillebr. - Molokai
  13. Phyllostegia kaalaensis H.St.John - Oahu
  14. Phyllostegia kahiliensis H.St.John - Kauai
  15. Phyllostegia knudsenii Hillebr. - Kauai
  16. Phyllostegia macrophylla (Gaudich.) Benth. - Hawaii Big Island, Maui
  17. Phyllostegia mannii Sherff - Molokai, Maui
  18. Phyllostegia micrantha H.St.John - Oahu
  19. Phyllostegia mollis Benth. - Hawaiian Islands (Maui, Oʻahu)
  20. Phyllostegia parviflora Benth. - Hawaiian Islands
  21. Phyllostegia pilosa H.St.John - Hawaiian Islands
  22. Phyllostegia racemosa Benth. - Hawaiian Islands
  23. Phyllostegia renovans W.L.Wagner - Kauai
  24. †Phyllostegia rockii Sherff - Maui but extinct
  25. Phyllostegia stachyoides A.Gray - Hawaiian Islands
  26. †Phyllostegia tahitensis Nadeaud - Tahiti but extinct
  27. Phyllostegia tongaensis H.St.John - Tonga
  28. †Phyllostegia variabilis Bitter - Midway Islands but extinct
  29. Phyllostegia velutina (Sherff) H.St.John - Hawaii Big Island
  30. Phyllostegia vestita Benth. - Hawaii Big Island
  31. Phyllostegia waimeae Wawra - Kauai
  32. Phyllostegia warshaueri H.St.John - Hawaii Big Island
  33. Phyllostegia wawrana Sherff - Kauai
  34. Phyllostegia × yamaguchii Hosaka & O.Deg. - Oahu (P. glabra × P. hirsuta)
  1. ^ "Phyllostegia Benth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-09-10. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Einhorn, Catrin (29 September 2021). "Protected Too Late: U.S. Officials Report More Than 20 Extinctions". The New York Times.