''Tetramolopium'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of plants in the tribe

Astereae Astereae is a tribe of plants in the family Asteraceae that includes annuals, biennials, perennials, subshrubs, shrubs, and trees. They are found primarily in temperate regions of the world. Plants within the tribe are present nearly worldwide di ...

within the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. Most of the species are native to

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

, 11 species are found in

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

, and one in the

Cook Islands The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its ...

, with the island populations apparently representing a recent (by evolutionary standards) colonization. It is related to '' Camptacra'', '' Kippistia'', '' Minuria'', '' Peripleura'', and '' Vittadinia'' all of which are from

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

, New Guinea,

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

, or

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. ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
; formerly included see ''

Diplostephium ''Diplostephium'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Asteraceae.Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: page 75, plate 335. ''Diplostephium'' is distributed on high mountains zones from Vene ...

'' * ''Tetramolopium ochraceum - Diplostephium ochraceum'' * ''Tetramolopium phylicoides -

Diplostephium phylicoides ''Diplostephium'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Asteraceae.Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: page 75, plate 335. ''Diplostephium'' is distributed on high mountains zones from Vene ...

'' * ''Tetramolopium rupestre - Diplostephium rupestre''

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Plants of Hawaii
has photos of several species * * Asteraceae genera Flora of the Pacific {{Astereae-stub