Lipochaeta kamolensis

O.Deg. & Sherff (1951)

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 to scandent, rooting along lower surface, 3-30 dm long.

Stems:

Roots: Roots rooting along lower surface.

Leaves: opposite Leaves linear to deltate in outline, 3-6.5 cm long, 1.2-4.4 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

Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Amer. J. Bot. 38: 63 (1951)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:337 (EM [as L. kamolensis]); Wagner & Robinson 2001:552 (COMBNOV, Syn. L. kamolensis = Melanthera kamolensis); Orchard 2013:400 (COMBNOV, Syn. M. kamolensis = Wollastonia kamolensis, not followed, KEY); Edwards et al. 2018 (Syn. M. kamolensis = L. kamolensis)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lipochaeta kamolensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Tangled shrubby clumps. Prostrate over bushes and rocks. Some stems to 3 m long. Gardner, R.C. 385 Maui BISH 1975-02-20
2 Lipochaeta kamolensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forming dense semi-prostrate patches among rocks. Hobdy, R.W. 789 Maui BISH 1980-03-26
3 Lipochaeta kamolensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 19288 Maui BISH 1948-12-21
4 Lipochaeta kamolensis USA, Hawaiian Islands, Maui, East Maui, Leeward Haleakala, DHHL, East of Lualailua Hills, mauka of highway at Alena Exclosure, hybrid swarm in lower portion of unit, 1550, Aspect: S. Dry shrubland: Dodonaea, Ipomoea, Lantana, Melinus, Sideroxylon, Petroselinum, Bonamia, Chenopodium, Erythina, Diospyros, Polyscias, Santalum, Canavalia, Nototrichium, Osteomeles. Preserved_Specimen #207 large cluster of hybrids, extreme variation in leaf shape between individuals. Pezzillo, Z. 1135 Maui BISH 2025-04-22
5 Lipochaeta kamolensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 111225 Maui BISH 2012-11-26
6 Lipochaeta kamolensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 19288 Maui BISH 1948-12-21
7 Lipochaeta kamolensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A.C. 557 Maui BISH 1983-10-04
8 Lipochaeta kamolensis USA, Hawaiian Islands, Maui, East Maui, Leeward Haleakala, DHHL, East of Lualailua Hills, mauka of highway at Alena Exclosure, hybrid swarm in lower portion of unit, 1550, Aspect: S. Dry shrubland: Dodonaea, Ipomoea, Lantana, Melinus, Sideroxylon, Petroselinum, Bonamia, Chenopodium, Erythina, Diospyros, Polyscias, Santalum, Canavalia, Nototrichium, Osteomeles. Preserved_Specimen #202 large cluster of hybrids, extreme variation in leaf shape between individuals. Pezzillo, Z. 1133 Maui BISH 2025-04-22
9 Lipochaeta kamolensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Among Lantana and grass on gulch sides. Preserved_Specimen Very rare. Degener, O. 19288 Maui BISH 1948-12-21
10 Lipochaeta kamolensis USA, Hawaiian Islands, Maui, East Maui, Leeward Haleakala, DHHL, East of Lualailua Hills, mauka of highway at Alena Exclosure, upper edge of unit, Aspect: S. Small patch of pure WolKam plants, low growing with long sprawling branches. Dry shrubland: Dodonaea, Ipomoea, Lantana, Melinus, Sideroxylon, Petroselinum, Bonamia, Chenopodium, Erythrina, Diospyros, Polyscias, Santalum, Canavalia, Nototrichium, Osteomeles Preserved_Specimen Pezzillo, Z. 1137 Maui BISH 2025-04-22
11 Lipochaeta kamolensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on ledges out of the reach of cattle. Preserved_Specimen Leaves more finely dissceted than on plants growing further down the slope (Hobdy 789). Hobdy, R.W. 2293 Maui BISH 1985-02-17
12 Lipochaeta kamolensis USA, Hawaiian Islands, Maui, East Maui, Leeward Haleakala, DHHL, East of Lualailua Hills, mauka of highway at Alena Exclosure, 1600, Aspect: S. Dry shrubland: Dodonaea, Ipomoea, Lantana, Melinus, Sideroxylon, Petroselinum, Bonamia, Chenopodium, Erythina, Diospyros, Polyscias, Santalum, Canavalia, Nototrichium, Osteomeles. Preserved_Specimen #208 large cluster of hybrids, extreme variation in leaf shape between individuals. Pezzillo, Z. 1136 Maui BISH 2025-04-22
13 Lipochaeta kamolensis USA, Hawaiian Islands, Maui, East Maui, Leeward Haleakala, DHHL, East of Lualailua Hills, mauka of highway at Alena Exclosure, hybrid swarm in lower portion of unit, 1550, Aspect: S. Dry shrubland: Dodonaea, Ipomoea, Lantana, Melinus, Sideroxylon, Petroselinum, Bonamia, Chenopodium, Erythina, Diospyros, Polyscias, Santalum, Canavalia, Nototrichium, Osteomeles. Preserved_Specimen #203 large cluster of hybrids, extreme variation in leaf shape between individuals. Pezzillo, Z. 1134 Maui BISH 2025-04-22