Schiedea

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
Alsinidendron H.Mann

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

Selected 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 globos H.Mann
• Schiedea haleakalensis Degener & Sherff in Sherff
• Schiedea hawaiiensis Hillebrand
• Schiedea helleri Sherff
• Schiedea hookeri A.Gray
• Schiedea implexa (Hillebrand) Sherff
• Schiedea jacobii W.L.Wagner, Weller & Madeiros in W.L.Wagner et al.
• Schiedea kaalae Wawra - Maʻoliʻoli (Oʻahu, Hawaii)
• Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John
• Schiedea kealiae Caum & Hosaka
• Schiedea laui W.L.Wagner & Weller
• Schiedea ligustrina Chamisso & Schlechtendal
• Schiedea lychnoides Hillebrand
• Schiedea lydgatei Hillebrand
• Schiedea mannii H.St.John
• Schiedea membranacea H.St.John
• Schiedea menziesii Hooker
• Schiedea nuttallii Hooker
• Schiedea obovata (Sherff) W.L.Wagner & Weller
• Schiedea pentandra W.L.Wagner & E.Harris
• Schiedea perlmanii W.L.Wagner & Weller
• Schiedea pubescens Hillebrand
• Schiedea salicaria Hillebrand
• Schiedea sarmentosa Degener & Sherff in Sherff
• Schiedea spergulina A.Gray
• Schiedea stellarioides H.Mann
• Schiedea trinervis (H.Mann) Pax & K.Hoffmann
• Schiedea verticillata F.Brown in Christophersen & Caum - Nihoa carnation (Nihoa, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)
• Schiedea viscosa H.Mann

Gallery

Schiedea obovata flowers

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