Phyllostegia kaalaensis
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Phyllostegia kaalaensis is a species of flowering plant
in the mint
family, Lamiaceae
, that is endemic to the island of Oahu
in Hawaii
. It can be found in mesic forests on the slopes of the Waianae Range
at elevations of 374–796 m (1,227–2,611.5 ft).
In 2003 there were 36 or 37 individuals remaining. By 2008 all wild individuals were thought to have been extirpated
. Some plants are in propagation and have been planted in appropriate habitat.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the mint
Mentha
Mentha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae . The species are not clearly distinct and estimates of the number of species varies from 13 to 18. Hybridization between some of the species occurs naturally...
family, Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
, that is endemic to the island of Oahu
Oahu
Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. It can be found in mesic forests on the slopes of the Waianae Range
Waianae Range
Waianae Range is the eroded remains of an ancient shield volcano that comprises the western half of the Hawaiian Island of Oahu...
at elevations of 374–796 m (1,227–2,611.5 ft).
In 2003 there were 36 or 37 individuals remaining. By 2008 all wild individuals were thought to have been extirpated
Local extinction
Local extinction, also known as extirpation, is the condition of a species which ceases to exist in the chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere...
. Some plants are in propagation and have been planted in appropriate habitat.