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 (1866)
  • Eucladus Nutt. ex Hook. (1844)

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

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