Schiedea

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

Schiedea
Schiedea globosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Schiedea Cham. & Schltdl.
Type species
Schiedea ligustrina Cham. & Schltdl.
Synonyms[1][2]
Alsinidendron H.Mann (1866) Eucladus Nutt. ex Hook. (1844)

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 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 W.L.Wagner, Weller & A.K.Sakai
• 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. – Nīhoa carnation (Nīhoa, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)
• Schiedea viscosa H.Mann

Gallery

Schiedea obovata flowers

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