''Schlagintweitia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. Its native range is Europe. It is found in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. The genus name of ''Schlagintweitia'' is in honour of

Adolf Schlagintweit Adolf von Schlagintweit (9 January 1829 – 26 August 1857) was a German botanist and explorer of Central Asia. Brothers Hermann, Adolf and Robert Schlagintweit were commissioned by the British East India Company to study the earth's magnetic fi ...

(1829–1857) and his brothers

Hermann Schlagintweit Hermann Schlagintweit, Sakünlünski (13 May 1826 – 19 January 1882), also known as Hermann Rudolph Alfred von Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski, was a German explorer of Central Asia. Brothers Hermann, Adolph and Robert Schlagintweit were comm ...

(1826–1882) and

Robert Schlagintweit Robert Schlagintweit (24 October 1833 – 6 June 1885) was a German explorer of Central Asia who also wrote about travels in America. Brothers Hermann, Adolf and Robert Schlagintweit were commissioned by the British East India Company to stud ...

(1833–1885). Adolf Schlagintweit, was a German botanist and explorer of Central Asia. Brothers Hermann, Adolf and Robert Schlagintweit were commissioned by the British

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...

to study the earth's magnetic field in South and Central Asia. It was first described and published in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen Vol.5 on page 156 in 1853.

Known species

According to Kew: *'' Schlagintweitia chamaepicris'' *'' Schlagintweitia huteri'' *'' Schlagintweitia intybacea''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q520999 Cichorieae Asteraceae genera Plants described in 1853 Flora of Middle Europe Flora of France