Biology: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][2]

The 35th species was spotted in 2016 by Tom DeMent while surveying a forest near Laupāhoehoe on Hawai‘i Island.[3] It was named S. haakoaensis in 2022.[4]

Species

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

References

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  2. Wagner, Warren L.; Weller, Stephen G.; Sakai, Ann (2005). "Monograph of Schiedea (Caryophyllaceae–Alsinoideae)". Systematic Botany Monographs 72: 169 pp. ISBN 0-912861-72-X. 
  3. "The Reincarnation". https://hanahou.com/25.3/the-reincarnation. 
  4. 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

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