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Honohono
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Haplostachys
(A.Gray) Hillebr.

Haplostachys (honohono) is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. The entire genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, although 4 of the 5 known species that have been placed in the genus are now believed to be extinct, the fifth listed as "Critically Imperiled."

Species
  • Haplostachys bryanii Sherff - Molokai but apparently extinct
  • Haplostachys haplostachya (A.Gray) H.St.John - Kauai, Maui, Hawaii; Critically Imperiled
  • Haplostachys linearifolia (Drake) Sherff - Maui, Molokai but apparently extinct on both islands
  • Haplostachys munroi C.N.Forbes - Lanai but apparently extinct
  • Haplostachys truncata (A.Gray) Hillebr. - Maui but apparently extinct

See also

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