Phyllostegia renovans: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Phyllostegia
- Species
- Phyllostegia renovans
- Scientific Name
- Phyllostegia renovans
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Phyllostegia renovans
Phyllostegia renovans is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name red-leaf phyllostegia. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. It was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 2010.
This species was discovered in 1989 and described to science in 1999. It is known from about 6 populations, but some of these populations contain only one plant each.
This subshrub has climbing stems that can reach 3 or 4 meters in length. The oval leaves are up to 20 centimeters long by 8.8 wide. The inflorescence is a raceme of white flowers each about 2 centimeters in length.
...Phyllostegia renovans in languages:
- English
- red-leaf phyllostegia
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Phyllostegia ambigua
- Phyllostegia bracteata
- Phyllostegia brevidens
- Phyllostegia electra
- Phyllostegia floribunda
- Phyllostegia glabra
- Phyllostegia grandiflora
- Phyllostegia haliakalae
- Phyllostegia helleri
- Phyllostegia hillebrandii
- Phyllostegia hirsuta
- Phyllostegia hispida
- Phyllostegia kaalaensis
- Phyllostegia kahiliensis
- Phyllostegia knudsenii
- Phyllostegia lantanoides
- Phyllostegia macrophylla
- Phyllostegia mannii
- Phyllostegia micrantha
- Phyllostegia mollis
- Phyllostegia parviflora
- Phyllostegia pilosa
- Phyllostegia racemosa
- Phyllostegia renovans
- Phyllostegia rockii
- Phyllostegia stachyoides
- Phyllostegia tahitensis
- Phyllostegia tongaensis
- Phyllostegia variabilis
- Phyllostegia velutina
- Phyllostegia vestita
- Phyllostegia waimeae
- Phyllostegia warshaueri
- Phyllostegia wawrana
- Phyllostegia × yamaguchii




