''Schtschuriowskia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

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 p ...

. 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 1803– March 20, 1884) was a 19th-century Russian geologist. Life Shchurovsky was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1803. After his father was killed in 1812, his mother Maria Gerassimovna could not afford ...

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

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

. 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 ''Schtschuriowskia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. 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 ...

'' *'' Schtschurowskia meifolia''

References

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