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:	; 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.^[3]^[4] False threadleaf is a common name.^[5] The genus was named in honour of Christian Schkuhr (1741-1811), a German gardener and physical scientist at the University of Wittenberg.

Schkuhria degenerica (Kuntze) R.E.Fr. - Bolivia, Jujuy, Salta
Schkuhria guatemalensis (Rydb.) Standl. & Steyerm.
Schkuhria multiflora Hook. & Arn. - Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Chihuahua, United States (CA AZ NM TX CO MI)
Schkuhria pinnata (Lam.) Kuntze ex Thell. - South America, Mesoamerica, United States (AZ NM TX MD) South Africa
Schkuhria schkuhrioides (Link & Otto) Thell. - Mexico (Michoacán, Nayarit, Jalisco, México State, D.F., Durango, Aguascalientes)
Schkuhria senecioides Nees - Mexico
Schkuhria virgata (La Llave) DC.

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

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