''Schiedea'' is a genus of

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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 ...

. It contains 34 species and is endemic to

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. A 35th species was spotted in 2017 by Tom DeMent while surveying a forest near Laupāhoehoe on Hawai‘i Island. It has yet to be named.

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Schiedea adamantis ''Schiedea adamantis'', commonly known as Diamond Head schiedea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, that is endemic to the island of Oahu in Hawaii. It inhabits low shrublands on steep slopes along the northwest rim o ...

'' H.St.John - Diamond Head schiedea (

Oahu Oahu () (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering place#Island of Oʻahu as The Gathering Place, Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over t ...

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Schiedea amplexicaulis ''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 ...

'' H.Mann *'' Schiedea apokremnos'' H.St.John *''

Schiedea attenuata ''Schiedea attenuata'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common name Kalalau schiedea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the Kalalau Valley on the island of Kauai.< ...

'' W.L.Wagner, Weller & Sakai *''

Schiedea diffusa ''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 ...

'' A.Gray *''

Schiedea globos ''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 ...

'' H.Mann *'' Schiedea haleakalensis'' Degener & Sherff in Sherff *''

Schiedea hawaiiensis ''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 ...

'' Hillebrand *'' Schiedea helleri'' Sherff *'' Schiedea hookeri'' A.Gray *''

Schiedea implexa ''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 ...

'' (Hillebrand) SherffAdvanced *''

Schiedea jacobii ''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 ...

'' W.L.Wagner, Weller & Madeiros in W.L.Wagner et al. *'' Schiedea kaalae'' Wawra - Maolioli (Oʻahu, Hawaii) *'' Schiedea kauaiensis'' H.St.John *'' Schiedea kealiae'' Caum & Hosaka *''

Schiedea laui ''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 ...

'' W.L.Wagner & Weller *''

Schiedea ligustrina ''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 ...

'' Chamisso & Schlechtendal *'' Schiedea lychnoides'' Hillebrand *'' Schiedea lydgatei'' Hillebrand *''

Schiedea mannii ''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 ...

'' H.St.John *'' Schiedea membranacea'' H.St.John *''

Schiedea menziesii ''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 ...

'' Hooker *'' Schiedea nuttallii'' Hooker *'' Schiedea obovata'' (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & Weller *'' Schiedea pentandra'' W.L.Wagner & E.Harris *'' Schiedea perlmanii'' W.L.Wagner & Weller *'' Schiedea pubescens'' Hillebrand *'' Schiedea salicaria'' Hillebrand *'' Schiedea sarmentosa'' Degener & Sherff in Sherff *'' Schiedea spergulina'' A.Gray *'' Schiedea stellarioides'' H.Mann *'' Schiedea trinervis'' (H.Mann) Pax & K.Hoffmann *''

Schiedea verticillata ''Schiedea verticillata'', known as the Devils Slide schiedea or Nihoa carnation, is an endangered species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, endemic to the island of Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, where it was discovered in ...

'' F.Brown in Christophersen & Caum - Nihoa carnation (

Nihoa Nihoa (; haw, Nīhoa ), also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The island is located at the southern end of the NWHI chain, southeast of N ...

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands or Leeward Hawaiian Islands are a series of islands and atolls in the Hawaiian island chain located northwest (in some cases, far to the northwest) of the islands of Kauai and Niihau. Politically, they are all p ...

) *'' Schiedea viscosa'' H.Mann

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