Schkuhria

Schkuhria
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)
Type species
Schkuhria abrotanoides
(syn of S. pinnata)
Roth
Synonyms
  • Hopkirkia DC.
  • Mieria La Llave
  • Tetracarpum Moench
  • Chamaestephanum Willd.
  • Cephalobembix Rydb.
  • Achyropappus Link & Otto
  • Rothia Lam. 1792

Schkuhria is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Bahieae within the family Asteraceae. 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.

Species
formerly included

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