''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.
[Warren L. Wagner, Harold Robinson, ''Lipochaeta and Melanthera (Asteraceae: Heliantheae subtribe Ecliptinae): establishing their natural limits and a synopsis'']
Selected species
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Lipochaeta connata
''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 h ...
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(Gaudich.) DC. – Nehe
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Lipochaeta degeneri
''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 h ...
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Sherff – Molokai nehe
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Lipochaeta heterophylla
''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 h ...
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A.Gray – Lavaflow nehe
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Lipochaeta lobata
''Lipochaeta lobata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name shrubland nehe. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it can be found in coastal dry shrublands and dry forests on Oahu, Maui, and Niihau.
There ...
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(Gaudich.) DC. – Shrubland nehe
**''Lipochaeta lobata'' var. ''leptophylla''
O.Deg. & Sherff
**''Lipochaeta lobata'' var. ''lobata''
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Lipochaeta rockii
''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 h ...
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Sherff – Rock's nehe
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Lipochaeta succulenta''
(Hook. & Arn.) DC. – Seaside nehe
Formerly placed here
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Melanthera fauriei
''Melanthera fauriei'' (formerly ''Lipochaeta fauriei''),USFWS''Melanthera fauriei'' Five-year Review.August 2010. known by the common name Olokele Canyon nehe, is a rare species of flowering plant in the aster family.
Distribution
The plant i ...
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(H.Lév.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. (as ''L. fauriei''
H.Lév.)
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Melanthera kamolensis''
(O.Deg. & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. (as ''L. kamolensis''
O.Deg. & Sherff)
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Melanthera micrantha
''Melanthera micrantha'' (formerly ''Lipochaeta micrantha''), known by the common name Kauai nehe, is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
Distribution
The plant is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island ...
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(Nutt.) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. (as ''L. micrantha''
(Nutt.) A.Gray)
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Melanthera tenuifolia
''Melanthera tenuifolia'' (formerly ''Lipochaeta tenuifolia'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Waianae Range nehe and slender-leaf nehe.
It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from ...
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(A.Gray) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. (as ''L. tenuifolia''
A.Gray)
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Melanthera waimeaensis''
(H.St.John) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.(as ''L. waimeaensis''
H.St.John)
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Melanthera venosa
''Melanthera venosa'' (formerly ''Lipochaeta venosa'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name spreading nehe. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Hawaii. ''
(Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. (as ''L. venosa''
Sherff)
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''Wedelia acapulcensis'' var. ''hispida'' (Kunth) Strother (as ''L. texana''
Torr. & A.Gray)
References
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Asteraceae genera
Heliantheae
Endemic flora of Hawaii
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