Biology:Lipochaeta

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Lipochaeta
Lipochaeta succulenta (5491175146).jpg
Lipochaeta succulenta
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Lipochaeta
DC.[1]
Synonyms
  • Schizophyllum Nutt.[1]
  • Macraea Hook. f. 1847, illegitimate homonym, not Lindl. 1828 (Geraniaceae) nor Wight 1852 (Phyllanthaceae)[2][3][4]

Lipochaeta, common name nehe,[5] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae that is endemic to Hawaii.[6]

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.[7]

Selected species

  • Lipochaeta connata (Gaudich.) DC. – Nehe
  • Lipochaeta degeneri Sherff – Molokai nehe
  • Lipochaeta heterophylla A.Gray – Lavaflow nehe
  • Lipochaeta lobata (Gaudich.) DC. – Shrubland nehe
    • Lipochaeta lobata var. leptophylla O.Deg. & Sherff
    • Lipochaeta lobata var. lobata
  • Lipochaeta rockii Sherff – Rock's nehe
  • Lipochaeta succulenta (Hook. & Arn.) DC. – Seaside nehe[8]

Formerly placed here

  • Melanthera fauriei (H.Lév.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. (as L. fauriei H.Lév.)
  • Melanthera kamolensis (O.Deg. & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. (as L. kamolensis O.Deg. & Sherff)
  • Melanthera micrantha (Nutt.) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. (as L. micrantha (Nutt.) A.Gray)
  • Melanthera tenuifolia (A.Gray) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. (as L. tenuifolia A.Gray)
  • Melanthera waimeaensis (H.St.John) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.(as L. waimeaensis H.St.John)
  • Melanthera venosa (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. (as L. venosa Sherff)[8]
  • Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida (Kunth) Strother (as L. texana Torr. & A.Gray)[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Lipochaeta DC.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6880. Retrieved 2011-02-14. 
  2. Tropicos, search for Macraea
  3. The International Plant Names Index
  4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, Macraea Hook. f.
  5. "Lipochaeta". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LIPOC2. Retrieved 22 June 2015. 
  6. Carr, Gerald. "Lipochaeta". Hawaiian Native Plant Genera. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/lipochaeta.htm. Retrieved 2013-05-15. 
  7. Warren L. Wagner, Harold Robinson, Lipochaeta and Melanthera (Asteraceae: Heliantheae subtribe Ecliptinae): establishing their natural limits and a synopsis
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Lipochaeta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=38787. Retrieved 2011-02-14. 
  9. "GRIN Species Records of Lipochaeta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?6880. Retrieved 2011-02-14. 

Wikidata ☰ Q256304 entry