Lipochaeta

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.^[7]

20 species are accepted.^[8]

• † Lipochaeta bryanii Sherff – Kahoolawe
• Lipochaeta connata (Gaudich.) DC. – Nehe – Kauai, W. Maui
• † Lipochaeta degeneri Sherff – Molokai nehe – SW. Molokai. Last recorded in 1928.
• Lipochaeta fauriei H.Lév. – Kauai
• Lipochaeta heterophylla A.Gray – Lavaflow nehe – Molokai, Lanai, Maui
• Lipochaeta integrifolia (Nutt.) A.Gray
• Lipochaeta kamolensis O.Deg. & Sherff – SE. Maui
• Lipochaeta lavarum (Gaudich.) DC.
• Lipochaeta lobata (Gaudich.) DC. – Shrubland nehe – Niihau, Oahu, W. Maui
  • Lipochaeta lobata var. leptophylla O.Deg. & Sherff
  • Lipochaeta lobata var. lobata
• Lipochaeta micrantha (Nutt.) A.Gray – Kauai
• † Lipochaeta perdita Sherff – Niihau: Kawaihoa Pt. Last recorded in 1949.
• † Lipochaeta populifolia (Sherff) R.C.Gardner – Lanai: Maunalei Valley
• Lipochaeta × procumbens O.Deg. & Sherff (L. integrifolia × L. lobata)
• Lipochaeta remyi A.Gray – Oahu
• Lipochaeta rockii Sherff – Rock's nehe
• Lipochaeta subcordata A.Gray – Hawaii
• Lipochaeta succulenta (Hook. & Arn.) DC. – Seaside nehe^[9]
• Lipochaeta tenuifolia A.Gray – Oahu
• Lipochaeta tenuis O.Deg. & Sherff – Oahu
• Lipochaeta venosa Sherff – Hawaii
• Lipochaeta waimeaensis H.St.John – Kauai