''Schelhammera'' is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family

Colchicaceae Colchicaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes 15 genera with a total of about 285 known species according to Christenhusz and Byng in 2016. Description The family is characterized by the presence of colchicine. Taxonomy The APG III ...

, comprising two species. *'' Schelhammera undulata'' R.Br., native to

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*'' Schelhammera multiflora'' R.Br., native to

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and

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. The genus was first formerly described by botanist Robert Brown in 1810 in ''

Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen'' (Prodromus of the Flora of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land) is a flora of Australia written by botanist Robert Brown and published in 1810. Often referred to as ''Prodromus Flora Novae ...

''. The genus was named in honour of Günther Christoph Schelhammer. The genus ''Kuntheria'' was described for the third species of ''Schelhammera'', namely ''Schelhammera pedunculata'', by Clifford and Conran for the Australian Flora in 1987. The German botanist

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who described it had stated that this taxon "either requires specific distinction, or should perhaps be regarded as a gigantic form of ''S. multiflora''".Mueller, F. (1890) The Victorian Naturalist, vol. 7, p. 182.

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