''Schtschuriowskia'' 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

Apiaceae Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants ...

. Its native range is Central Asia and The Ballkans and is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Albania, Kosovo, Greece, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The genus name of ''Schtschuriowskia'' is in honour of

Gregory Ephimovich Shchurovsky Gregory Ephimovich Shchurovsky (30 January 1804 – March 20, 1884) was a Russian Professor of geology in Moscow. Life Shchurovsky was born in Moscow in 1804. He ended up in an orphanage because his father was killed in 1812 and his mother, Maria ...

(1803–1884), a Russian Professor of geology in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. It was first described and published in Izv. Imp. Obshch. Lyubit. Estestv. Moskovsk. Univ. Vol.34 (Issue 2) on page 40 in 1882.

Known species

According to Kew: *'' Schtschurowskia margaritae'' *'' Schtschurowskia meifolia''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10368876 Apioideae Flora of Central Asia Apioideae genera