''Alsinidendron'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
s in the family
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactacea ...
, whose species are often included in the genus ''
Schiedea
''Schiedea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains 34 species and is endemic to Hawaii.
A 35th species was spotted in 2017 by Tom DeMent while surveying a forest near Laupāhoehoe on Hawai‘i Island. It has y ...
''. There are four species, all federally listed
endangered species
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endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
.
[Taxon Summary: ''A. obovatum''.]
Implementation Plan for Makua Military Reservation, Oahu.
Selected species
* ''
Alsinidendron lychnoides''
(Hillebr.) Sherff
* ''
Alsinidendron obovatum''
Sherff
* ''
Alsinidendron trinerve''
H.Mann
* ''
Alsinidendron verticillatum''
(F.Br.) Sherff
* ''
Alsinidendron viscosum''
(H.Mann) Sherff
References
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae genera
Endemic flora of Hawaii
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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