Lipochaeta, common name nehe, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae that is endemic to Hawaii.
Taxonomy
There are difficulties regarding the classification of this genus for its affinities are uncertain. Some studies have been done to clarify its taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships.
Species
20 species are accepted.
- † Lipochaeta bryanii Sherff – Kahoolawe
- Lipochaeta connata (Gaudich.) DC. – Nehe – Kauai, W. Maui
- † Lipochaeta degeneri Sherff – Molokai nehe – SW. Molokai. Last recorded in 1928.
- Lipochaeta fauriei H.Lév. – Kauai
- Lipochaeta heterophylla A.Gray – Lavaflow nehe – Molokai, Lanai, Maui
- Lipochaeta integrifolia (Nutt.) A.Gray
- Lipochaeta kamolensis O.Deg. & Sherff – SE. Maui
- Lipochaeta lavarum (Gaudich.) DC.
- Lipochaeta lobata (Gaudich.) DC. – Shrubland nehe – Niihau, Oahu, W. Maui
- Lipochaeta lobata var. leptophylla O.Deg. & Sherff
- Lipochaeta lobata var. lobata
- Lipochaeta micrantha (Nutt.) A.Gray – Kauai
- † Lipochaeta perdita Sherff – Niihau: Kawaihoa Pt. Last recorded in 1949.
- † Lipochaeta populifolia (Sherff) R.C.Gardner – Lanai: Maunalei Valley
- Lipochaeta × procumbens O.Deg. & Sherff (L. integrifolia × L. lobata)
- Lipochaeta remyi A.Gray – Oahu
- Lipochaeta rockii Sherff – Rock's nehe
- Lipochaeta subcordata A.Gray – Hawaii
- Lipochaeta succulenta (Hook. & Arn.) DC. – Seaside nehe
- Lipochaeta tenuifolia A.Gray – Oahu
- Lipochaeta tenuis O.Deg. & Sherff – Oahu
- Lipochaeta venosa Sherff – Hawaii
- Lipochaeta waimeaensis H.St.John – Kauai
Formerly placed here
- Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida (Kunth) Strother (as L. texana Torr. & A.Gray)
References
- Media related to Lipochaeta at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Lipochaeta at Wikispecies
