Schiedea

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Schiedea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains 35 species which are endemic to Hawaii.[1][3]

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Schiedea
Schiedea globosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Schiedea
Cham. & Schltdl.
Type species
Schiedea ligustrina
Cham. & Schltdl.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Alsinidendron H.Mann (1866)
  • Eucladus Nutt. ex Hook. (1844)
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The 35th species was spotted in 2016 by Tom DeMent while surveying a forest near Laupāhoehoe on Hawai‘i Island.[4] It was named S. haakoaensis in 2022.[5]

Species

Schiedea obovata flowers
S. obovata (left), S. trinervis (right)

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