Lipochaeta

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ecliptinae
Genus: Lipochaeta
Species: L. connata – L. degeneri – L. heterophylla – L. lobata – L. procumbens – L. ranica – L. rockii – L. slossonae – L. succulenta
Name

Lipochaeta DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5: 610. (1836)

Type species: Lipochaeta lobata (Gaudich.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5: 611. (1836)

Synonyms

Schizophyllum Nutt. non Schizophyllum (Schizophyllaceae) Fr.
Macraea Hook. f. 1847, illegitimate homonym, non Lindl. 1828 (Geraniaceae) nor Wight 1852 (Phyllanthaceae)

References

Candolle, A.P. de 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 610.
Hassler, M. 2018. Lipochaeta. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Lipochaeta. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 01 2018.
Orchard, A.E. 2013. The Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia generic complex (Asteraceae: Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia. Nuytsia 23: 337-466. Full text PDF Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Lipochaeta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Feb. 2018.
Wagner, W.L. & Robinson, H.E. 2001. Lipochaeta and Melanthera (Asteraceae: Heliantheae subtribe Ecliptinae): establishing their natural limits and a synopsis. Brittonia 53(4): 539-61. Full text PDF Reference page.

Lipochaeta, common name nehe,[6] is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae that is endemic to Hawaii.[7]

Taxonomy

There are difficulties regarding the classification of this genus for its affinities are uncertain. Some studies have been done to clarify its taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships.[8]
Selected species

Lipochaeta connata (Gaudich.) DC. – Nehe
Lipochaeta degeneri Sherff – Molokai nehe
Lipochaeta heterophylla A.Gray – Lavaflow nehe
Lipochaeta lobata (Gaudich.) DC. – Shrubland nehe
Lipochaeta lobata var. leptophylla O.Deg. & Sherff
Lipochaeta lobata var. lobata
Lipochaeta rockii Sherff – Rock's nehe
Lipochaeta succulenta (Hook. & Arn.) DC. – Seaside nehe[9]

Formerly placed here

Melanthera fauriei (H.Lév.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. (as L. fauriei H.Lév.)
Melanthera kamolensis (O.Deg. & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. (as L. kamolensis O.Deg. & Sherff)
Melanthera micrantha (Nutt.) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. (as L. micrantha (Nutt.) A.Gray)
Melanthera tenuifolia (A.Gray) W.L. Wagner & H.Rob. (as L. tenuifolia A.Gray)
Melanthera waimeaensis (H.St.John) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.(as L. waimeaensis H.St.John)
Melanthera venosa (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. (as L. venosa Sherff)[9]
Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida (Kunth) Strother (as L. texana Torr. & A.Gray)[10]

References

"Genus Lipochaeta". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
"Genus: Lipochaeta DC". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
Tropicos, search for Macraea
The International Plant Names Index
Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, Macraea Hook. f. Archived 2014-12-20 at archive.today
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Lipochaeta". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
Carr, Gerald. "Lipochaeta". Hawaiian Native Plant Genera. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
Warren L. Wagner, Harold Robinson, Lipochaeta and Melanthera (Asteraceae: Heliantheae subtribe Ecliptinae): establishing their natural limits and a synopsis
"Lipochaeta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
"GRIN Species Records of Lipochaeta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-02-14.