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Phyllostegia variabilis

(Coastal Phyllostegia)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Coastal Phyllostegia

Description

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Physical Description

Habit: Forb/herb

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina () - (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Infraphylum: Angiospermae () - Auct.
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Asteridae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Lamianae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Lamiales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Labiatae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
        Subfamily: Lamioideae ()
        Tribe: Prasieae ()
        Genus: Phyllostegia () - Bentham, 1830
        Specific epithet: variabilis - Bitter
        Botanical name: - Phyllostegia variabilis Bitter

Synonyms

Physostegia variabilis Bitter

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Phyllostegia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 35 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

P. ambigua (Mountain Phyllostegia) · P. bracteata (Bracted Phyllostegia) · P. brevidens (Mauna Kea Phyllostegia) · P. electra (Nehe Kuhiwa) · P. floribunda (Hawai'i Phyllostegia) · P. glabra (Ulihi Phyllostegia) · P. glabra var. glabra (Ulihi Phyllostegia) · P. glabra var. lanaiensis (Ulihi Phyllostegia) · P. glabra var. lanaiensis Sherff (Ulihi Phyllostegia) · P. grandiflora (Kapana) · P. helleri (Mt. Kahili Phyllostegia) · P. hillebrandii (Hillebrand's Phyllostegia) · P. hirsuta (Molokai Phyllostegia) · P. hispida (Hispid Phyllostegia) · P. imminuta (Lanai Phyllostegia) · P. knudsenii (Waimea Phyllostegia) · P. lanaiensis (Ulihi Phyllostegia) · P. lantanoides (Oahu Phyllostegia) · P. macrophylla (Largeleaf Phyllostegia) · P. mannii (Mann's Phyllostegia) · P. mollis (Waianae Range Phyllostegia) · P. parviflora (Smallflower Phyllostegia) · P. parviflora var. glabriuscula (Smallflower Phyllostegia) · P. parviflora var. glabriuscula Gray (Smallflower Phyllostegia) · P. parviflora var. parviflora (Smallflower Phyllostegia) · P. racemosa (Kiponapona) · P. rockii (Rock's Phyllostegia) · P. stachyoides (Maui Phyllostegia) · P. variabilis (Coastal Phyllostegia) · P. velutina (Velvet Phyllostegia) · P. vestita (Streambed Phyllostegia) · P. waimeae (Kauai Phyllostegia) · P. warshaueri (Laupahoehoe Phyllostegia) · P. wawrana (Fuzzystem Phyllostegia) · P. yamaguchii (Yamaguchi's Phyllostegia)

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Further Reading

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1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 313.
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 30 1957 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 66.
Global Biodiversity: status of the Earth's living resources WCMC url p. 219.
Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 9 1999 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 276.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2664873
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-196175
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:454163-1
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 196175
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PHVA5
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 53692

Last Revised: 7/15/2012