Tetramolopium filiforme: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Tetramolopium
- Species
- Tetramolopium filiforme
- Scientific Name
- Tetramolopium filiforme
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Tetramolopium filiforme
Tetramolopium filiforme is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name ridgetop tetramolopium. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the Waiʻanae Range on the island of Oahu. It is threatened by habitat degradation caused by feral goats and introduced species of plants. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.
This plant is a very small shrub growing only 15 centimeters in maximum height. It produces narrow leaves and inflorescences of up to 4 flower heads. It grows on mountain ridges and cliffs. It sometimes grows in rock cracks on steep cliffs.
There are six known populations of this plant, totalling 2857 mature individuals and 625 juveniles. There are two varieties of this species, var. filiforme and var. polyphyllum, which differ in the shape of the leaves.
...Tetramolopium filiforme in languages:
- English
- ridgetop tetramolopium
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Tetramolopium alinae
- Tetramolopium arenarium
- Tetramolopium bicolor
- Tetramolopium capellaense
- Tetramolopium capillare
- Tetramolopium carstenszense
- Tetramolopium ciliatum
- Tetramolopium cinereum
- Tetramolopium consanguineum
- Tetramolopium conyzoides
- Tetramolopium corallioides
- Tetramolopium crepatutarum
- Tetramolopium distichum
- Tetramolopium ericoides
- Tetramolopium fasciculatum
- Tetramolopium filiforme
- Tetramolopium flaccidum
- Tetramolopium gracile
- Tetramolopium humile
- Tetramolopium klossii
- Tetramolopium lanatum
- Tetramolopium lepidotum
- Tetramolopium macrum
- Tetramolopium mitiaroense
- Tetramolopium piloso-villosum
- Tetramolopium pioraense
- Tetramolopium procumbens
- Tetramolopium prostratum
- Tetramolopium pumilum
- Tetramolopium remyi
- Tetramolopium rockii
- Tetramolopium spathulatum
- Tetramolopium sylvae
- Tetramolopium tenerrimum
- Tetramolopium tenue
- Tetramolopium vagans
- Tetramolopium virgatum
- Tetramolopium wilhelminae

