Taxon:  Melanthera waimeaensis (H. St. John) W. L. Wagner & H. Rob.



Summary
Genus:
Melanthera
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Heliantheae
Nomen number:
444489
Place of publication:
Brittonia 53:555.  2002 ("2001")
Verified:
04/09/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Lipochaeta waimeaensis H. St. John

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Conservation Status
FWE – Federally Endangered Species
Reference(s)
  1. Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
  2. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource).
  3. Wagner, W. L. & H. Robinson. 2002. Lipochaeta and Melanthera (Asteraceae: Heliantheae subtribe Ecliptinae): establishing their natural limits and a synopsis. Brittonia 53:539-561.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Hawaiiannehe  2United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
1NativePacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaiiKaua‘i (Waimea Canyon)0
Native
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii (Kaua‘i (Waimea Canyon))]

Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Center for Plant Conservation listed  Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=444489. Accessed 25 June 2026.