Lipochaeta

Lipochaeta
Lipochaeta succulenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae[1]
Genus:	Lipochaeta DC.[2]
Synonyms
Schizophyllum Nutt.[2] Macraea Hook. f. 1847, illegitimate homonym, not Lindl. 1828 (Geraniaceae) nor Wight 1852 (Phyllanthaceae)[3][4][5]

Lipochaeta, common name nehe,^[6] is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae that is endemic to Hawaii.^[7]

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.^[8]

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^[9]

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)^[9]
• Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida (Kunth) Strother (as L. texana Torr. & A.Gray)^[10]

References

1. "Genus Lipochaeta". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
2. "Genus: Lipochaeta DC.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
3. Tropicos, search for Macraea
4. The International Plant Names Index
5. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, Macraea Hook. f.
6. "Lipochaeta". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
7. Carr, Gerald. "Lipochaeta". Hawaiian Native Plant Genera. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
8. Warren L. Wagner, Harold Robinson, Lipochaeta and Melanthera (Asteraceae: Heliantheae subtribe Ecliptinae): establishing their natural limits and a synopsis
9. "Lipochaeta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
10. "GRIN Species Records of Lipochaeta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-14.