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Lipochaeta waimeaensis

H.St.John (1972)

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 decumbent, rooting at the nodes, 10-20 dm long.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: opposite Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, 4.7-5 cm long, 0.5-0.8 cm wide

Flowers:

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

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Pacific Sci. 26: 293 (1972)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:344 (K [as Lipochaeta waimeaensis]); Wagner & Robinson 2002:555 (COMBNOV:Syn. L. waimeaensis = Melanthera waimeaensis); Orchard 2013:406 (proposed COMBNOV:Syn. M. waimeaensis = Wollastonia waimeaensis, KEY)

Occurrences

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