Schiedea
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Schiedea is a genus of flowering plant
s in the pink
family, Caryophyllaceae
. It contains 34 species :
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the pink
Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species extending south to north Africa, and one species in arctic North America. Common names include carnation , pink and sweet William Dianthus is a genus of...
family, Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae
The Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactaceae and Polygonaceae...
. It contains 34 species :
- S. adamantisSchiedea adamantisSchiedea adamantis, commonly known as Diamond Head Schiedea, is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, that is endemic to the island of Oahu in Hawaii. It inhabits low shrublands on steep slopes along the northwest rim of Diamond Head Crater. There are only about 30...
St. John - Diamond Head Schiedea (OahuOahuOahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
, HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
) - S. amplexicaulis H. Mann
- S. apokremnosSchiedea apokremnosSchiedea apokremnos is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names Kauai schiedea, Na Pali Coast schiedea, and ma`oli`oli. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. It is threatened by the degradation of its habitat...
St. John - S. attenuataSchiedea attenuataSchiedea attenuata is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name Kalalau schiedea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the Kalalau Valley on the island of Kauai. It is threatened by the degradation of its habitat...
W. L. Wagner, Weller & Sakai - S. diffusa A. Gray
- S. globosa H. Mann
- S. haleakalensisSchiedea haleakalensisSchiedea haleakalensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name Haleakalā schiedea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from Haleakalā National Park on the island of Maui. It is threatened by the degradation of its habitat...
Degener & Sherff in Sherff - S. hawaiiensis Hillebrand
- S. helleriSchiedea helleriSchiedea helleri is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names Heller's schiedea and Kaholuamanu schiedea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. It is threatened by the degradation of its habitat...
Sherff - S. hookeriSchiedea hookeriSchiedea hookeri is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names Hooker's schiedea and sprawling schiedea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Oahu. It is thought to have been extirpated from Haleakalā on Maui. It is threatened by the...
A. Gray - S. implexa (Hillebrand) Sherff
- S. jacobii W. L. Wagner , Weller & Madeiros in W. L. Wagner et al.
- S. kaalaeSchiedea kaalaeSchiedea kaalae, known as Maolioli in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, that is endemic to the island of Oahu in Hawaii. It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of in the Koolau and Waianae Ranges. It is threatened by...
Wawra - Maolioli (Oʻahu, Hawaii) - S. kauaiensisSchiedea kauaiensisSchiedea kauaiensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name Kauai schiedea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. It is threatened by the degradation and destruction of its habitat...
St. John - S. kealiaeSchiedea kealiaeSchiedea kealiae is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name Waianae Range schiedea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the Waianae Range on the island of Oahu. It is threatened by the degradation and destruction of its habitat...
Caum & Hosaka - S. laui W. L. Wagner & Weller
- S. ligustrina Chamisso & Schlechtendal
- S. lychnoidesAlsinidendron lychnoidesAlsinidendron lychnoides is a species of plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to dry forests and low shrublands in Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Hillebrand - S. lydgateiSchiedea lydgateiSchiedea lydgatei is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name Kamalo Gulch schiedea and Pacific schiedea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Molokai. It is threatened by the degradation and destruction of its habitat...
Hillebrand - S. mannii St. John
- S. membranaceaSchiedea membranaceaSchiedea membranacea is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name papery schiedea and membranous schiedea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. It is threatened by the degradation and destruction of its habitat...
St. John - S. menziesii Hooker
- S. nuttalliiSchiedea nuttalliiSchiedea membranacea is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name valley schiedea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Oahu. It has been extirpated from Maui and Molokai. Plants in a population known from Kauai are actually members...
Hooker - S. obovataAlsinidendron obovatumAlsinidendron obovatum is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to lowland moist forests in Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Sherff) W. L. Wagner & Weller - S. pentandra W. L. Wagner & E. Harris
- S. perlmanii W. L. Wagner & Weller
- S. pubescens Hillebrand
- S. salicaria Hillebrand
- S. sarmentosaSchiedea sarmentosaSchiedea sarmentosa is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name cliff schiedea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Molokai. It is threatened by the degradation and destruction of its habitat...
Degener & Sherff in Sherff - S. spergulinaSchiedea spergulinaSchiedea spergulina is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name canyon schiedea and spreading schiedea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. It is threatened by the degradation and destruction of its habitat...
A. Gray - S. stellarioidesSchiedea stellarioidesSchiedea stellarioides is a rare species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name lau lihilihi. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. It is threatened by the degradation and destruction of its habitat...
H. Mann - S. trinervisAlsinidendron trinerveAlsinidendron trinerve is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, that is endemic to island of Oahu in Hawaii. It is a subshrub, reaching a height of ....
(H. Mann) Pax & K. Hoffmann - S. verticillataNihoa CarnationSchiedea verticillata, known as the Nihoa Carnation, is an endangered species of carnation, endemic to the island of Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, where it was discovered in 1923 by the Tanager Expedition. It has been listed as endangered since 1996.It has stems long, erect or...
F. Brown in Christophersen & Caum - Nihoa Carnation (NihoaNihoaNihoa , also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the largest and tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands . The island is located at the southern end of the NWHI chain, southeast of Necker Island...
, Northwest Hawaiian Islands) - S. viscosaAlsinidendron viscosumAlsinidendron viscosum is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to lowland and montane moist forests in Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss....
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