 Dr Hillebrand, December 1972 |
Species
Phyllostegia hillebrandii Mann ex Hbd.
Original Distribution
US, Hawaii. East Maui
Extinction Data
Hawaii Bishop Museum = Extinct, Listed Extinct by WCMC 1996
Description
Spreading stem 9-15 dm long, angular, glabrous to sparsely hirsute. Leaves undivided; Petiole glabrate, 1-3 cm long; blade lanceolate, base cunate, apex long acuminate, margins serrate. Inflorescence 1.5-3 dm long, 6-10 flower in whorls, forming a loose raceme; bracts leaf-like, demising towards apex. Calyx 4-6 mm long, obconic to subglobose, glabrous, prominently veined. Corolla externally glabrate to sparsely pubescent, tube 6-8 mm long, the lower lip c. 6 mm, and much exceeding the upper.
Number of Specimens at Kew
1Specimen Type (Y/N)
Y
Kew Herbcat Barcode Number
| K000518048 |
Collector
Dr Hillebrand
Collector Number
1844
Date Collected
01st December 1972
Other Information
The type was collected in july 1844 by William Hillebrand in the woods of Kula on the Island of Maui. Later collections by the same collector are from 1864 and 1870, Sherff, E.E.(1935) Revision of Haplostachys, Phyllostegia, and Stenogyne.
Information Sources
Bernice P.Bishop Museum Bulletin 136.Walter, K.S. and Gillett, H.J. (eds) (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Wagner, W., Herbst, D. & Sohmer, S. (1990). Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu