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Schkuhria

Schkuhria
Schkuhria pinnata poster Uruguay.jpg
Schkuhria pinnata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Bahieae
Genus: Schkuhria
Roth 1797, conserved name, not Moench 1794 (syn of Sigesbeckia)
Type species
Schkuhria abrotanoides
(syn of S. pinnata)
Roth
Synonyms
  • Hopkirkia DC.
  • Mieria La Llave
  • Tetracarpum Moench
  • Chamaestephanum Willd.
  • Cephalobembix Rydb.
  • Achyropappus Link & Otto

Schkuhria is a genus of flowering plants in the within the daisy family.False threadleaf is a common name. The genus was named in honour of Christian Schkuhr (1741-1811), a German gardener and physical scientist at the University of Wittenberg.

Several species now regarded as members of other genera: Achyropappus Florestina Hymenothrix Platyschkuhria Picradeniopsis



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