Schiedea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. It contains 35 species which are endemic to Hawaii.[1][2]

The 35th species was spotted in 2016 by Tom DeMent while surveying a forest near Laupāhoehoe on Hawai‘i Island.[3] It was named S. haakoaensis in 2022.[4]

Species

References

  1. ^ Schiedea Cham. & Schltdl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  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"
  4. ^ 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