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Lipochaeta lavarum

(Gaudich.) DC. (1836)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Lipochaeta

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Suffruticose perennial herbs; stems erect, 3-20 dm long.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: opposite Blades linear, lanceolate, elliptic to narrowly ovate, (2.3-)3-6.5(-8) cm long, (0.6-)0.8-1.5 cm wide

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela)

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Molokai Endemic
Lana'i Endemic
Kaho'olawe Endemic
Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Prodr. 5: 611 (1836)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:337 (Mo, L, M, Ka, H [as L. lavarum]); Wagner & Robinson 2001:553 (COMBNOV, Syn. L. lavarum = Melanthera lavarum); Orchard 2013:400 (COMBNOV, Syn. M. lavarum = Wollastonia lavarum, not followed, KEY); Edwards et al. 2018 (Syn. M. lavarum = L. lavarum)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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