flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the
mint
Mint or The Mint may refer to:
Plants
* Lamiaceae, the mint family
** ''Mentha'', the genus of plants commonly known as "mint"
Coins and collectibles
* Mint (facility), a facility for manufacturing coins
* Mint condition, a state of like-new ...
family,
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil (herb), ba ...
, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the
Pacific
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(
Hawaii
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,
Tonga
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and the
Society Islands
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, although it appears to be
extinct
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Endangered Species Act
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based on extinction.
;Species
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Phyllostegia ambigua
''Phyllostegia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the Pacific (Hawaii, Tonga and the Society Islands, although it appears to be extinct in the Society Islands ...
'' (A.Gray) Hillebr - Hawaii Big Island, Maui
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Phyllostegia bracteata
''Phyllostegia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the Pacific (Hawaii, Tonga and the Society Islands, although it appears to be extinct in the Society Islands ...
Phyllostegia electra
''Phyllostegia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the Pacific (Hawaii, Tonga and the Society Islands, although it appears to be extinct in the Society Islands ...
'' C.N.Forbes - Kauai
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Phyllostegia floribunda
''Phyllostegia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the Pacific (Hawaii, Tonga and the Society Islands, although it appears to be extinct in the Society Islands ...
'' Benth - Hawaii Big Island
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Phyllostegia glabra
''Phyllostegia glabra'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name smooth phyllostegia. It is endemic to Hawaii.
Known varieties include ''Phyllostegia glabra'' var. ''glabra'' and ''P. g.'' var. ''lanaiensis'', ...
'' - Hawaiian Islands
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Phyllostegia grandiflora
''Phyllostegia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the Pacific (Hawaii, Tonga and the Society Islands, although it appears to be extinct in the Society Islands ...
'' (Gaudich.) Benth - Oahu
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Phyllostegia haliakalae
''Phyllostegia haliakalae'', commonly known as the Haliakala phyllostegia, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It was described by Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee in 1872. The species Latin name derives from the Hawaiian w ...
'' Wawra - Maui, Molokai
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Phyllostegia helleri
''Phyllostegia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the Pacific (Hawaii, Tonga and the Society Islands, although it appears to be extinct in the Society Islands ...
'' Sherff - Wai'alae Valley of Kauai
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Phyllostegia hillebrandii
''Phyllostegia hillebrandii'', commonly known as Hillebrand's phyllostegia, is an extinct species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. The name was first used by Horace Mann Jr. in a list of Hawaiian plants published in 1869. It was ...
'' H.Mann ex Hillebr - Maui but extinct
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Phyllostegia hirsuta
''Phyllostegia hirsuta'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names Molokai phyllostegia and hairy phyllostegia. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Oahu.Phyllostegia hispida'' Hillebr. - Molokai
# '' Phyllostegia kaalaensis'' H.St.John - Oahu
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Phyllostegia kahiliensis
''Phyllostegia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the Pacific (Hawaii, Tonga and the Society Islands, although it appears to be extinct in the Society Islands ...
Phyllostegia macrophylla
''Phyllostegia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the Pacific (Hawaii, Tonga and the Society Islands, although it appears to be extinct in the Society Islands ...
'' (Gaudich.) Benth. - Hawaii Big Island, Maui
# '' Phyllostegia mannii'' Sherff - Molokai, Maui
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Phyllostegia micrantha
''Phyllostegia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the Mentha, mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1840. It is native to certain islands in the Pacific Islands, Pacific (Hawaii, Tonga and the Society Islands, although it appears to be extin ...
Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
- Hawaiian Islands (
Maui
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