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Phyllostegia hillebrandii

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Phyllostegia hillebrandii

Possibly Extinct  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Phyllostegia
Species:
P. hillebrandii
Binomial name
Phyllostegia hillebrandii
H.Mann ex Hillebr.

Phyllostegia hillebrandii, commonly known as Hillebrand's phyllostegia, is an extinct species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. The name was first used by Horace Mann Jr. in a list of Hawaiian plants published in 1869.[2] It was first described (posthumously) by William Hillebrand in his Flora of the Hawaiian Islands, published in 1888.[3] The species is thought to have gone extinct, although this can't be officially ruled out.[1] It was endemic to the island of Maui, primarily the eastern region,[3] where it was threatened by alien invasive species and deforestation.[1] The last specimens were collected sometime before 1871.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  2. ^ Mann, Horace (1869). "Notes on Alsinidendron, Platydesma, and Brighamia, New Genera of Hawaiian Plants; with an Analysis of the Hawaiian Flora". Memoirs Read Before the Boston Society of Natural History. 1 (4): 536.
  3. ^ a b "Phyllostegia hillebrandii H.Mann ex Hillebr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  4. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.