''Schiedea'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranth ...
. It contains 35 species which are endemic to
Hawaii
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.
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The 35th species was spotted in 2016 by Tom DeMent while surveying a forest near Laupāhoehoe on Hawai‘i Island. It was named ''S. haakoaensis'' in 2022.][Wagner WL, Weller SG, Sakai AK, DeMent T, VanDeMark J (2022) ''Schiedea haakoaensis'', a new facultatively autogamous species of ''Schiedea'' sect. ''Mononeura'' (Caryophyllaceae) from the Hawaiian Islands. PhytoKeys 210: 135-141. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.210.91226]
Species
*'' Schiedea adamantis'' H.St.John – Diamond Head schiedea (Oahu
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, Hawaii
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)
*'' Schiedea amplexicaulis'' H.Mann
*'' Schiedea apokremnos'' H.St.John
*'' Schiedea attenuata'' W.L.Wagner, Weller & Sakai
*'' Schiedea diffusa'' A.Gray
*'' Schiedea globosa'' H.Mann
*'' Schiedea haakoaensis''
*'' Schiedea haleakalensis'' O.Deg. & Sherff
*'' Schiedea hawaiiensis'' Hillebr.
*'' Schiedea helleri'' Sherff
*'' Schiedea hookeri'' A.Gray
*'' Schiedea implexa'' (Hillebr.) Sherff
*'' Schiedea jacobii'' W.L.Wagner, Weller & A.C.Medeiros
*'' Schiedea kaalae'' Wawra – Maolioli (Oʻahu, Hawaii)
*'' Schiedea kauaiensis'' H.St.John
*'' Schiedea kealiae'' Caum & Hosaka
*'' Schiedea laui'' W.L.Wagner & Weller
*'' Schiedea ligustrina'' Cham. & Schltdl.
*'' Schiedea lychnoides'' Hillebr.
*'' Schiedea lydgatei'' Hillebr.
*'' Schiedea mannii'' H.St.John
*'' Schiedea membranacea'' H.St.John
*'' Schiedea menziesii'' Hook.
*'' Schiedea nuttallii'' Hook.
*'' Schiedea obovata'' (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & Weller
*'' Schiedea pentandra'' W.L.Wagner & E.Harris
*'' Schiedea perlmanii'' W.L.Wagner & Weller
*'' Schiedea pubescens'' Hillebr.
*'' Schiedea salicaria'' Hillebr.
*'' Schiedea sarmentosa'' O.Deg. & Sherff
*'' Schiedea spergulina'' A.Gray
*'' Schiedea stellarioides'' H.Mann
*'' Schiedea trinervis'' (H.Mann) Pax & K.Hoffm.
*'' Schiedea verticillata'' F.Br. – Nihoa carnation ( Nihoa, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)
*'' Schiedea viscosa'' H.Mann
Gallery
References
Caryophyllaceae genera
Endemic flora of Hawaii
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Adelbert von Chamisso
Taxa named by Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal
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