Schiedea

<i>Schiedea</i>

Schiedea

Genus of flowering plants

Schiedea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains 35 species which are endemic to Hawaii.[1][3]

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The 35th species was spotted in 2016 by Tom DeMent while surveying a forest near Laupāhoehoe on Hawai‘i Island.[4] It was named S. haakoaensis in 2022.[5]

Species

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

References

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  1. [1]
    Schiedea Cham. & Schltdl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Schiedea Cham. & Schltdl". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-01-16. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  3. [3]
    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.
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    "The Reincarnation".
  5. [5]
    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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