Schiedea

Schiedea

Schiedea globosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Subfamily:	Alsinoideae
Tribe:	Alsineae
Genus:	Schiedea Cham. & Schltdl.
Type species
Schiedea ligustrina Cham. & Schltdl.
Synonyms
Alsinidendron H.Mann^[1]

Schiedea is a genus of flowering plants in the pink family, Caryophyllaceae. It contains 34 species ^[2]:

S. lychnoides Hillebrand
S. lydgatei Hillebrand
S. mannii St. John
S. membranacea St. John
S. menziesii Hooker
S. nuttallii Hooker
S. obovata (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. sarmentosa Degener & Sherff in Sherff
S. spergulina A. Gray
S. stellarioides H. Mann
S. trinervis (H. Mann) Pax & K. Hoffmann
S. verticillata F. Brown in Christophersen & Caum - Nihoa Carnation (Nihoa, Northwest Hawaiian Islands)
S. viscosa H. Mann

References

^ "Schiedea Cham. & Schltdl.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-01-16. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10828. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
^ Warren L. Wagner, Stephen G. Weller & Ann Sakai (2005). "Monograph of Schiedea (Caryophyllaceae–Alsinoideae)". Systematic Botany Monographs 72: 169 pp. ISBN 0-912861-72-X.