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Phyllostegia brevidens

A.Gray (1862)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Phyllostegia

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Probably scandent subshrubs.

Stems: Stems glabrate.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades ovate–elliptic to elliptic–obovate, ca. 7–13 cm long, 2.5–5.3 cm wide. Apex acuminate. Base broadly cuneate. Surfaces glabrous to very sparsely strigillose. Margins dentate–serrate. Petioles ca. 1.5–2.3 cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 14–20 per verticillaster, in open, unbranched, terminal, bracteate, racemose inflorescences to ca. 10–15 cm long, pedicels 10–16 mm long on a common peduncle 1–2 mm long, bracts ca. 20–60 mm long, very sparsely strigillose. Calyx obconical, 4–6 mm long, enlarging in fruit, sparsely strigillose along nerves, also minutely glandular–dotted, usually 5-toothed, the teeth nearly obsolete, apex merely sinuate to broadly deltate, 1–1.8 mm long, apex rounded, splitting longitudinally, usually persistent or sometimes only ventral 1/2 persistent. Corolla bilabiate, white, tube narrowly funnelform, usually curved, ca. 8–12 mm long, upper lip entire or 2-lobed, flat or concave, ca. 6 mm long, lower lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes ovate, slightly asymmetrical, lower lobe broadly ovate to suborbicular, ca. 10 mm long, slightly folded to form a groove, margins somewhat undulate, apex emarginate or entire; nectary disk often present at base of ovary, annular or developed on anterior side only. Stamens 4, both pairs of similar length or upper pair slightly longer, ascending the upper corolla lip, included, aligned with the sinuses; filaments inserted near throat, usually pubescent; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits; anther sacs divaricate. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate, placentation basal-axile; ovules 1 per ovary lobe; style 1, included, arising between lobes, shortly 2-lobed, the lobes clavate; stigmatic only at apex, 1 lobe often rudimentary; stigmas 2.

Fruit: Nutlets 1-seeded; ca. 6 mm long; dark green to black; drupaceous; exocarp fleshy; obovoid; margins slightly winged; obliquely attached at the connate base; spreading and exserted from calyx at maturity. Seeds with endosperm absent or scanty and oily.

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 5: 343 (1862)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:814 (H); Wagner 1999a:267 (EM); Wood et al. 2019 (EXTINCT); Wood 13730 BISH (M†, 2009); Perlman 12293 PTBG (H†, 1991)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W. L.; Imada, C. T.; Takeuchi, W. N. 5897 Maui US 3/9/1988
2 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wilkes expedition GH
3 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Oppenheimer, H. L.; Welton, P.; Haus, B. 13730 Maui US 5/11/2009
4 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S. Anderson, J. Davis & L. Cuddihy 417 Hawaii US 2/20/1981
5 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, h. l. oppenheimer, p. welton & b. haus 13730 Maui US 5/11/2009
6 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wilkes Explor. Exped. s.n. Maui US 1/13/1905
7 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia-Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest with sections of Dicarnopteris fernland. W/ Rubus hawaiiensis, Perrottetia, Broussaisia, Pipturus, Cyrtandra spathulata, Kadua affinis, Machaerina angustifolia, Psychotrira, Diplazium sandwichianum, Clermontia arborescens, Freycinetia, Melico PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. oppenheimer, h., welton p., haus, b. collector number: 13730 Maui BISH 5/11/2009
8 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. p. perlman & a. medieros 3200 Maui US 5/20/1994
9 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. l. wagner, c. imada & w. n. takeuchi 5897 Maui US 3/9/1988
10 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. anderson, j. davis & l. cuddihy 417 Kauai US 2/20/1981
11 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Anderson, S.; Davis, J.; Cuddihy, L. W. 417 Hawaii US 2/20/1981
12 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing within a moist gully. Open to scattered Metrosideros forest with an open Cibotium understory. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Clarke, G. 574 Hawaii BISH 2/26/1981
13 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Medieros, A. 3200 Maui US 5/20/1994
14 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lydgate, j.m. Hawaii BISH
15 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing within a moist gully. Habitat: open to scattered Metrosideros forest with an open Cibotium understory. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Clarke, G. 574 Hawaii BISH 2/26/1981
16 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing within a moist gully. Open to scattered Metrosideros forest with an open Cibotium understory. Pahoehoe substrate. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Clarke, G. 574 Hawaii BISH 2/26/1981
17 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa-Metrosideros polymorpha montane wet forest w/ Melicope clusiifolia, M. balloui, M. ovalis, M. molokaiensis, understory thick w/ pteridophytes on the banks of pristine riparian community. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. perlman, s.; medeiros, a. collector number: 3200 Maui BISH 5/20/1994
18 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing within a moist gully. Open to scattered Metrosideros forest with an open Cibotium understory. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Clarke, G. Collector Number: 574 Hawaii BISH 2/26/1981
19 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic to wet koa forest with understory of Perrottetia sandwicensis, Psychotria hawaiiensis, Broussaisia arguta, Hedyotis acuminata. On slope. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W.L. Imada, C.; Takeuchi, W. Collector Number: 5897 Maui BISH 3/9/1988
20 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information ridge PRESERVED_SPECIMEN harrison, b. collector number: 600 Maui BISH 3/13/1974
21 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN giffin, j. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 4/16/1985
22 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rain forest dominated by Ohia, Myrsine, Cheirodendron & Broussaisia. The mint was climbing a tree that was growing from the floor of a collapsed lava tube. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Giffin, J. Collector Number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 4/16/1985
23 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information ridge; Cheirodendron, Coprosma, Metrosideros. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Harrison, B. 600 Maui BISH 3/13/1974
24 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rain forest dominated by Ohia, Myrsine, Cheirodendron & Broussaisia. The mint was climbing a tree that was growing from the floor of a collapsed lava tube. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Giffin, J. s.n. Hawaii BISH 4/16/1985
25 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information on ground and climbing on rotting log; plant quite common locally PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wilkes explor. exped. s.n. Hawaii BISH 1840-08-08
26 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic to wet koa forest with understory of Perrottetia sandwicensis, Psychotria hawaiiensis, Broussaisia arguta, Hedyotis acuminata. On slope. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wagner, w.l. imada, c.; takeuchi, w. collector number: 5897 Maui BISH 3/9/1988
27 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing within a moist gully. Open to scattered Metrosideros forest with an open Cibotium understory. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Clarke, G. 574 Hawaii BISH 2/26/1981
28 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic to wet koa forest with understory of Perrottetia sandwicensis, Psychotria hawaiiensis, Broussaisia arguta, Hedyotis acuminata. On slope. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W.L. 5897 Maui BISH 3/9/1988
29 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia-Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest with sections of Dicarnopteris fernland. W/ Rubus hawaiiensis, Perrottetia, Broussaisia, Pipturus, Cyrtandra spathulata, Kadua affinis, Machaerina angustifolia, Psychotrira, Diplazium sandwichianum, Clermontia arborescens, Freycinetia, Melico PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 13730 Maui BISH 5/11/2009
30 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN clarke, g. collector number: 574 Oahu BISH 2/26/1981
31 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information mesic to wet koa forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 5897 Maui PTBG 3/9/1988
32 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 12293 Hawaii PTBG 10/8/1991
33 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa-Metrosideros polymorpha Montane Wet Forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3200 Maui PTBG 5/20/1994
34 Phyllostegia brevidens A.Gray Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia-Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest with sections of Dicranopteris fernland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 13730 Maui PTBG 5/11/2009
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