Christian Schkuhr was a German gardener, artist and botanist.

He studied at the University of Wittenberg; while continuing to work as a gardener, he also became a master of design and engraving. An adherent of Linnaean taxonomy

Linnaean taxonomy

Linnaean taxonomy can mean either of two related concepts:# the particular form of biological classification set up by Carl Linnaeus, as set forth in his Systema Naturæ and subsequent works...

, he devoted himself to studying the flora of Wittenberg

Wittenberg

Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a city in Germany in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, on the river Elbe. It has a population of about 50,000....

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The genus Schkuhria was named after him by Conrad Moench

Conrad Moench

Conrad Moench was a German botanist, sometimes written Konrad Mönch, was Professor of Botany at the Marburg University from 1786 until his death....

 (now considered synonymous with Sigesbeckia

Sigesbeckia

Sigesbeckia is a genus of annual plants in the aster family.-Origin:Sigesbeckia is named for a a botanist Johann Sigesebeck, who was a strong critic of Carl Linnaeus's botanic classification system...

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