''Schkuhria'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flowering plants in the tribe

Bahieae Bahieae is a tribe of plants in the family Asteraceae, mostly native to North America and Mexico. It was described by Baldwin et al. in 2002. Taxonomy Bahieae genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database as of April 2022: *''Achyropappus ...

within the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. 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

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. ; SpeciesBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
/ref> * '' Schkuhria degenerica'' (Kuntze) R.E.Fr. -

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* '' Schkuhria guatemalensis'' (Rydb.) Standl. & Steyerm. * '' Schkuhria multiflora'' Hook. & Arn. -

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, Chihuahua, United States ( CA AZ NM TX CO MI) * '' Schkuhria pinnata'' (Lam.) Kuntze ex Thell. -

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, United States ( AZ NM TX MD)

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* '' Schkuhria schkuhrioides'' (Link & Otto) Thell. - Mexico (

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, D.F.,

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) * '' Schkuhria senecioides'' Nees - Mexico * '' Schkuhria virgata'' (La Llave) DC. ; formerly included Several species now regarded as members of other genera: '' Achyropappus Florestina Hymenothrix Platyschkuhria Picradeniopsis''

References

External links

USDA: ''Schkuhria''
Bahieae Asteraceae genera {{Asteroideae-stub