Helodeaster erici is a species of flowering plant from the genus Helodeaster. It is endemic to the island of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands.[2]

Helodeaster erici
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Helodeaster
Species:
H. erici
Binomial name
Helodeaster erici
Synonyms[1]
  • Keysseria erici (C.N.Forbes) Cabrera (1967)
  • Lagenophora erici C.N.Forbes (1918)

The species was originally described by Charles Noyes Forbes as Lagenophora erici in 1918.[1] In 2020 Guy L. Nesom placed it in the new Hawaiian endemic genus Helodeaster.[1][3][2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Helodeaster erici (C.N.Forbes) G.L.Nesom. Plants of the World Online.<retrieved 19 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b G L Nesom (19 August 2020). https://web.archive.org/web/20210829145723/https://www.phytoneuron.net/2020Phytoneuron/54PhytoN-Helodeaster.pdf "Helodeaster, a new genus for Hawaiian Keysseria (Asteraceae: Astereae)" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 2020–54: 1–6. ISSN 2153-733X. Wikidata Q110737103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. {{cite journal}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
  3. ^ "Helodeaster erici (C.N.Forbes) G.L.Nesom". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

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