Schkuhria
| Schkuhria | |
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| Schkuhria pinnata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Bahieae |
| Genus: | Schkuhria Roth (1797), conserved name, not Moench (1794) (syn of Sigesbeckia)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Schkuhria abrotanoides (syn of S. pinnata)[2] Roth
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Schkuhria is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Bahieae within the family Asteraceae.[4][5] False threadleaf is a common name.[6] It includes two species native to the Americas, ranging from the south-central United States to Argentina.[3] The genus was named in honour of Christian Schkuhr (1741-1811), a German gardener and physical scientist at the University of Wittenberg.
Species
Two species are accepted.[3]
- Schkuhria pinnata (Lam.) Kuntze ex Thell. - South America, Central America, Mexico, and United States (AZ NM TX)
- Schkuhria schkuhrioides (Link & Otto) Thell. - Mexico (Michoacán, Nayarit, Jalisco, México State, D.F., Durango, Aguascalientes)
Formerly placed here
- Nothoschkuhria degenerica (Kuntze) B.G.Baldwin (as Schkuhria degenerica (Kuntze) R.E.Fr.)
- Picradeniopsis multiflora (Hook. & Arn.) B.G.Baldwin (as Schkuhria multiflora Hook. & Arn.)
References
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Deprecated link archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- ^ The Plant List, Schkuhria abrotanoides Roth
- ^ a b c "Schkuhria Roth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ Roth, Albrecht Wilhelm. 1797. Catalecta Botanica 1: 116
- ^ Flora of North America Schkuhria Roth
- ^ NRCS. "Schkuhria". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 6 November 2015.