''Schiedea'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
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
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 state ...
.
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.
Selected species
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Schiedea adamantis''
H.St.John - Diamond Head schiedea (
Oahu
Oahu () ( Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over two-thirds of the population of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The island of O ...
,
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 state ...
)
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Schiedea amplexicaulis''
H.Mann
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Schiedea apokremnos''
H.St.John
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Schiedea attenuata''
W.L.Wagner, Weller & Sakai
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Schiedea diffusa''
A.Gray
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Schiedea globos''
H.Mann
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Schiedea haleakalensis''
Degener & Sherff in Sherff
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Schiedea hawaiiensis''
Hillebrand
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Schiedea helleri''
Sherff
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Schiedea hookeri''
A.Gray
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Schiedea implexa''
(Hillebrand) SherffAdvanced
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Schiedea jacobii''
W.L.Wagner, Weller & Madeiros in W.L.Wagner et al.
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Schiedea kaalae''
Wawra - Maolioli (Oʻahu, Hawaii)
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Schiedea kauaiensis''
H.St.John
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Schiedea kealiae''
Caum & Hosaka
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Schiedea laui''
W.L.Wagner & Weller
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Schiedea ligustrina''
Chamisso & Schlechtendal
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Schiedea lychnoides''
Hillebrand
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Schiedea lydgatei''
Hillebrand
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Schiedea mannii''
H.St.John
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Schiedea membranacea''
H.St.John
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Schiedea menziesii''
Hooker
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Schiedea nuttallii''
Hooker
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Schiedea obovata''
(Sherff) W.L.Wagner & Weller
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Schiedea pentandra''
W.L.Wagner & E.Harris
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Schiedea perlmanii''
W.L.Wagner & Weller
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Schiedea pubescens''
Hillebrand
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Schiedea salicaria''
Hillebrand
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Schiedea sarmentosa''
Degener & Sherff in Sherff
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Schiedea spergulina''
A.Gray
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Schiedea stellarioides''
H.Mann
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Schiedea trinervis''
(H.Mann) Pax & K.Hoffmann
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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 ...
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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 ...
,
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)
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Schiedea viscosa''
H.Mann
Gallery
References
Caryophyllaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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