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

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

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

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. The genus was first formerly described by botanist

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''. 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 Mueller 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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