title: Schtschurowskia
text: # Schtschurowskia
  
  Schtschurowskia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
  
  Its native range is Central Asia and is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
  
  The genus name of Schtschurowskia is in honour of Gregory Ephimovich Shchurovsky (1803–1884), a Russian Professor of geology in Moscow. 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 Korovin
  * Schtschurowskia meifolia Regel & Schmalh.
  