Helodeaster erici

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
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Helodeaster
Species:	H. erici
Binomial name
Helodeaster erici (C.N.Forbes) G.L.Nesom (2020)
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]