Haplostachys
| Honohono | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Haplostachys (A.Gray) Hillebr. |
Haplostachys[1] is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. The entire genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, although 4 of the 5 known species that have been placed in the genus are now believed to be extinct, the fifth listed as "Critically Imperiled."[2][3][4][5][6]
- Species[2]
- †Haplostachys bryanii Sherff - Molokai but apparently extinct
- Haplostachys haplostachya (A.Gray) H.St.John - Kauai, Maui, Hawaii; Critically Imperiled
- †Haplostachys linearifolia (Drake) Sherff - Maui, Molokai but apparently extinct on both islands
- †Haplostachys munroi C.N.Forbes - Lanai but apparently extinct
- †Haplostachys truncata (A.Gray) Hillebr. - Maui but apparently extinct
References
- ↑ US Fish & Wildlife Service species profile, Honohono (Haplostachys haplostachya)
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Kew Royal Botanic Gardens extinct plants index
- ↑ Loeffler, W.; Morden, C.W. 1997. Effects of population fragmentation on genetic variation of Haplostachys haplostachya, an endangered Hawaiian mint. Newsletter of the Hawaiian Botanical Society. 36: 42-46.
- ↑ Sherff, E.E. 1935. Revision of Haplostachys, Phyllostegia, and Stenogyne. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 136: 1-101.
- ↑ US Fish & Wildlife Service. 1979. Determination that three Hawaiian plants are endangered species. Federal Register. 44, 211: 62468 - 62469.
External links
- Hawaiian Native Plant Genera
- US Department of Agriculture plant profile
- Floridata Flowering Plants of Hawaii, Part 23 Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
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