Silversword alliance
Dubautia linearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Tribe: Heliantheae
Genera
Argyroxiphium Dubautia Wilkesia

"Silversword alliance" refers to a adaptive radiation of over 50 species in the composite or sunflower family (Asteraceae). Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its The Asterales are an order of Dicotyledonous Flowering plants which include the composite family Asteraceae ( Sunflowers daisies The family Asteraceae or Compositae (known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family) is the largest family of Flowering The tribe Heliantheae is the most familiar tribe of the Sunflower family ( Asteraceae) A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Haleakala Silversword Argyroxiphium is a small genus of five species in the sunflower family ( Asteraceae) UserPolbot. --> Dubautia is a genus of Flowering plant in the Asteraceae family An adaptive radiation is a rapid Evolutionary radiation characterized by an increase in the morphological and ecological diversity of a single rapidly diversifying lineage The family Asteraceae or Compositae (known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family) is the largest family of Flowering The group is endemic to Hawaii, and is derived from a single immigrant to the islands. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the

The silversword alliance is named for its most famous and visually striking members, the silverswords. Haleakala Silversword Argyroxiphium is a small genus of five species in the sunflower family ( Asteraceae) There are three species of silverswords and two greenswords in the genus Argyroxiphium, confined to the islands of Maui and Hawaii, and two species of Wilkesia (iliau) on Kauai. Haleakala Silversword Argyroxiphium is a small genus of five species in the sunflower family ( Asteraceae) The Island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727 The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island, is a volcanic Island in the U Kauai (in standard Hawaiian kauˈaʔi in Kauai- Ni{{okina}}ihau dialect; usually spelled Kauai outside the Hawaiian Islands and ˈkaʊɑɪ or /kaʊˈɑɪ/ The bulk of the species are placed in the genus Dubautia, which is widespread on all the main islands. UserPolbot. --> Dubautia is a genus of Flowering plant in the Asteraceae family

Dubautia-silversword hybrid in Haleakalā Crater.

Similar species frequently occur in the same habitat and are often difficult to tell apart. Hybrids frequently occur between Dubautia species, and between Dubautia and Argyroxiphium. As a result, there is some disagreement over the number of species.