''Phyllostegia'' is a genus of

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in the

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family,

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, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the

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(

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and the

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, although it appears to be

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in the Society Islands).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ''Phyllostegia glabra'' var. ''lanaiensis'', became extinct before 2021, and was delisted from the

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based on extinction. ;Species # '' Phyllostegia ambigua'' (A.Gray) Hillebr - Hawaii Big Island, Maui # '' Phyllostegia bracteata'' Sherff - Maui # '' Phyllostegia brevidens'' A.Gray - Hawaii Big Island, Maui # '' Phyllostegia electra'' C.N.Forbes - Kauai # '' Phyllostegia floribunda'' Benth - Hawaii Big Island # '' Phyllostegia glabra'' - Hawaiian Islands # '' Phyllostegia grandiflora'' (Gaudich.) Benth - Oahu # '' Phyllostegia haliakalae'' Wawra - Maui, Molokai # '' Phyllostegia helleri'' Sherff - Wai'alae Valley of Kauai # †'' Phyllostegia hillebrandii'' H.Mann ex Hillebr - Maui but extinct # '' Phyllostegia hirsuta'' Benth. - Oahu # '' Phyllostegia hispida'' Hillebr. - Molokai # '' Phyllostegia kaalaensis'' H.St.John - Oahu # '' Phyllostegia kahiliensis'' H.St.John - Kauai # '' Phyllostegia knudsenii'' Hillebr. - Kauai # '' Phyllostegia macrophylla'' (Gaudich.) Benth. - Hawaii Big Island, Maui # '' Phyllostegia mannii'' Sherff - Molokai, Maui # '' Phyllostegia micrantha'' H.St.John - Oahu # '' Phyllostegia mollis''

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- Hawaiian Islands (

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, Oahu) # '' Phyllostegia parviflora'' Benth. - Hawaiian Islands # '' Phyllostegia pilosa'' H.St.John - Hawaiian Islands # '' Phyllostegia racemosa'' Benth. - Hawaiian Islands # '' Phyllostegia renovans'' W.L.Wagner - Kauai # †'' Phyllostegia rockii'' Sherff - Maui but extinct # '' Phyllostegia stachyoides'' A.Gray - Hawaiian Islands # †'' Phyllostegia tahitensis'' Nadeaud - Tahiti but extinct # '' Phyllostegia tongaensis'' H.St.John - Tonga # †'' Phyllostegia variabilis'' Bitter - Midway Islands but extinct # '' Phyllostegia velutina'' (Sherff) H.St.John - Hawaii Big Island # '' Phyllostegia vestita'' Benth. - Hawaii Big Island # '' Phyllostegia waimeae'' Wawra - Kauai # '' Phyllostegia warshaueri'' H.St.John - Hawaii Big Island # '' Phyllostegia wawrana'' Sherff - Kauai # '' Phyllostegia × yamaguchii'' Hosaka & O.Deg. - Oahu ''(P. glabra × P. hirsuta)''

References

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