Biology:Schiedea

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Schiedea
Schiedea globosa - globe schiedea - stat-vulnerable - desc-flowers.jpg
Schiedea globosa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Schiedea
Cham. & Schltdl.
Type species
Schiedea ligustrina
Cham. & Schltdl.
Synonyms[1]

Alsinidendron H.Mann

Schiedea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains 34 species and is endemic to Hawaii.[2]

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.[3]

Selected species

Gallery

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

References

  1. "Schiedea Cham. & Schltdl.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-01-16. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10828. 
  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. 

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