''Phyllostegia tahitensis'', commonly known as the Tahitian phyllostegia, is an
extinct species
This page features lists of extinct species, organisms that have become extinct, either in the wild or completely disappeared from Earth.
In actual theoretical practice, a species not definitely located in the wild in the last fifty years of cur ...
of
flowering plant in the mint family,
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a 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, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...
. It was described by
Jean Nadeaud in 1873. The species was
endemic to the
Society Islands, primarily
Mount Marau,
Tahiti, where the species was thought to have perished, but
botanists do not exactly know when.
References
tahitensis
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