Phyllostegia hillebrandii explained

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.[1] It was first described (posthumously) by William Hillebrand in his Flora of the Hawaiian Islands, published in 1888.[2] The species is thought to have gone extinct, although this can't be officially ruled out.[3] It was endemic to the island of Maui, primarily the eastern region, where it was threatened by alien invasive species and deforestation. The last specimens were collected sometime before 1871.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Mann . Horace . Horace Mann Jr. . 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 . 1869 .
  2. Web site: Phyllostegia hillebrandii H.Mann ex Hillebr. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2023-05-10 . Plants of the World Online . en.
  3. Web site: NatureServe Explorer 2.0 . 2023-05-10 . explorer.natureserve.org.
  4. Web site: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin . 2023-05-10 . www.wildflower.org.