Schiedea kealiae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Schiedea
- Species
- Schiedea kealiae
- Scientific Name
- Schiedea kealiae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Schiedea kealiae
Schiedea kealiae is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae 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. It was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 1996.
This plant is a subshrub with woody-based, hairless branches up to half a meter long. The oppositely arranged leaves have narrow, dark green blades up to 8 centimeters long by 1.1 wide. The inflorescence is a branching cluster of flowers with small green sepals and no petals.
This plant is now limited to three populations containing 300 to 500 individuals in the Waianae Mountains of Oahu. The populations are threatened by the invasion of introduced species of plants into its habitat.
...Schiedea kealiae in languages:
- English
- Waianae Range Schiedea
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Schiedea adamantis
- Schiedea amplexicaulis
- Schiedea apokremnos
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- Schiedea helleri
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- Schiedea implexa
- Schiedea jacobii
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- Schiedea kauaiensis
- Schiedea kealiae
- Schiedea laui
- Schiedea ligustrina
- Schiedea lychnoides
- Schiedea lydgatei
- Schiedea mannii
- Schiedea membranacea
- Schiedea menziesii
- Schiedea nuttallii
- Schiedea obovata
- Schiedea pentandra
- Schiedea perlmanii
- Schiedea pubescens
- Schiedea salicaria
- Schiedea sarmentosa
- Schiedea spergulina
- Schiedea stellarioides
- Schiedea trinervis
- Schiedea verticillata
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