Schiedea Explained

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

The 35th species was spotted in 2016 by Tom DeMent while surveying a forest near Laupāhoehoe on Hawai‘i Island.^[2] It was named S. haakoaensis in 2022.^[3]

Species

Schiedea adamantis H.St.John – Diamond Head schiedea (Oʻahu, Hawaii)
Schiedea amplexicaulis H.Mann
Schiedea apokremnos H.St.John
Schiedea attenuata W.L.Wagner, Weller & Sakai
Schiedea diffusa A.Gray
Schiedea globosa H.Mann
Schiedea haakoaensis
Schiedea haleakalensis O.Deg. & Sherff
Schiedea hawaiiensis Hillebr.
Schiedea helleri Sherff
Schiedea hookeri A.Gray
Schiedea implexa (Hillebr.) Sherff
Schiedea jacobii W.L.Wagner, Weller & A.C.Medeiros
Schiedea kaalae Wawra – Maʻoliʻoli (Oʻahu, Hawaii)
Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John
Schiedea kealiae Caum & Hosaka
Schiedea laui W.L.Wagner & Weller
Schiedea ligustrina Cham. & Schltdl.
Schiedea lychnoides Hillebr.
Schiedea lydgatei Hillebr.
Schiedea mannii H.St.John
Schiedea membranacea H.St.John
Schiedea menziesii Hook.
Schiedea nuttallii Hook.
Schiedea obovata (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & Weller
Schiedea pentandra W.L.Wagner & E.Harris
Schiedea perlmanii W.L.Wagner & Weller
Schiedea pubescens Hillebr.
Schiedea salicaria Hillebr.
Schiedea sarmentosa O.Deg. & Sherff
Schiedea spergulina A.Gray
Schiedea stellarioides H.Mann
Schiedea trinervis (H.Mann) Pax & K.Hoffm.
Schiedea verticillata F.Br. – Nihoa carnation (Nihoa, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)
Schiedea viscosa H.Mann

Notes and References

Monograph of Schiedea (Caryophyllaceae–Alsinoideae) . Warren L. . Wagner. Stephen G. . Weller. Ann . Sakai . Ann Sakai. 2005 . Systematic Botany Monographs . 72 . 169 pp . 0-912861-72-X.
Web site: The Reincarnation .
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