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Lipochaeta perdita

Sherff (1933)

This name is accepted

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

ko‘oko‘olau [kookoolau]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Suffruticose perennial herbs; stems erect, 3-10 dm long.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: opposite Leaves ovate to deltateovate, 1.2-4 cm long, 0.7-2.8 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

Ni'ihau(Incl. Lehua) Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Gaz. 95: 99 (1933)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:340 (Ni [as L. perdita]); Wagner & Robinson 2001:554 (COMBNOV, Syn. L. perdita = Melanthera perdita); Orchard 2013:403 (COMBNOV, Syn. M. perdita = Wollastonia perdita, not followed, KEY); Edwards et al. 2018 (Syn. M. perdita = L. perdita); Wood et al. 2019/St.John 23611 BISH (EXTINCT, 1949)

Occurrences

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