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Lipochaeta populifolia

(Sherff) R.C.Gardner (1979)

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: Erect, suffruticose perennial herbs

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: opposite Blades deltoid, 7.5 cm long, 6 cm wide Margins biserrate, with basal lobes.

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela); surface tuberculate and with a fringe of scales on upper outer rim; those of ray 2.8 mm long; 2.5 mm wide; with wings to 0.3 mm; those of disc 2.8 mm long; 2.2 mm wide; without wings.

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Lana'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Rhodora 81(827): 328 (1979)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:341 (Syn. L. populifolia = L. subcordata); Wagner & Robinson 2001:554 (RESURRECT/L, COMBNOV, Syn. L. populifolia = Melanthera populifolia); Orchard 2013:403 (COMBNOV, Syn. M. populifolia = Wollastonia populifolia, not followed, KEY); Edwards et al. 2018 (Syn. M. populifolia = L. populifolia); Wood et al. 2019/Munro 670 BISH (EXTINCT, 1918)

Gardner, R. C. (1979). Revision of Lipochaeta (Compositae: Heliantheae) of the hawaiian islands. Rhodora, 81(827), 291-343.

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lipochaeta populifolia Maunalei Valley Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 670 Lanai BISH 1918-06-18
2 Lipochaeta populifolia Maunalei Valley Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 670 Lanai BISH 1918-06-18
3 Lipochaeta populifolia Maunalei Valley Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 670 Lanai BISH 1918-06-18
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