Haplostachys

Summary

Haplostachys (honohono)[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]

Honohono
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Haplostachys
(A.Gray) Hillebr.
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 edit

  1. ^ US Fish & Wildlife Service species profile, Honohono (Haplostachys haplostachya)
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ "Kew Royal Botanic Gardens extinct plants index". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Sherff, E.E. 1935. Revision of Haplostachys, Phyllostegia, and Stenogyne. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 136: 1-101.
  6. ^ US Fish & Wildlife Service. 1979. Determination that three Hawaiian plants are endangered species. Federal Register. 44, 211: 62468 - 62469.

External links edit

  • Hawaiian Native Plant Genera
  • US Department of Agriculture plant profile
  • Floridata Flowering Plants of Hawaii, Part 23 Lamiaceae (Labiatae)