Hesperomannia (island-aster) is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.Gray, Asa. 1865. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 554Tropicos, Hesperomannia A. Gray
Hesperomannia is endemic to Hawaii and consists of four species:"Morden, C. W., & Harbin, S. C. (2013). Evolution and Biogeographic Origins of the Endemic Hawaiian Genus Hesperomannia (Asteraceae). Pacific Science, 67(2), 219-235." https://bioone.org/journals/Pacific-Science/volume-67/issue-2/67.2.6/Evolution-and-Biogeographic-Origins-of-the-Endemic-Hawaiian-Genusn-Hesperomannia/10.2984/67.2.6.short Hesperomannia arborescens – Lanai hesperomannia Hesperomannia arbuscula – Maui hesperomannia Hesperomannia lydgatei – Kauai hesperomannia Hesperomannia oahuensis Hesperomannia swezeyi
Although traditionally classified in the tribe Mutisieae, molecular evidence shows that it belongs in the tribe Vernonieae, most closely related to the African Vernonia species.
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