Lipochaeta

Lipochaeta
	Lipochaeta succulenta
Scientific classification
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

"Genus: Lipochaeta DC". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
Tropicos, search for Macraea
The International Plant Names Index
Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, Macraea Hook. f. Archived 2014-12-20 at archive.today
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Lipochaeta". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
Carr, Gerald. "Lipochaeta". Hawaiian Native Plant Genera. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
Warren L. Wagner, Harold Robinson, Lipochaeta and Melanthera (Asteraceae: Heliantheae subtribe Ecliptinae): establishing their natural limits and a synopsis
"Lipochaeta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
"GRIN Species Records of Lipochaeta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-02-14.

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[GRIN-1] "Genus: Lipochaeta DC". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. 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. Archived 2014-12-20 at archive.today

[5] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Lipochaeta". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[6] Carr, Gerald. "Lipochaeta". Hawaiian Native Plant Genera. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 2013-05-15.

[7] Warren L. Wagner, Harold Robinson, Lipochaeta and Melanthera (Asteraceae: Heliantheae subtribe Ecliptinae): establishing their natural limits and a synopsis

[ITIS-8] "Lipochaeta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-14.

[GRINSpecies-9] "GRIN Species Records of Lipochaeta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-02-14.