Jaeschkea

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Jaeschkea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae.{{cite web |title=Jaeschkea Kurz {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16603-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=15 May 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is Afghanistan to Himalaya and Tibet. It is found in Afghanistan, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet and West Himalaya.

The genus name of Jaeschkea is in honour of Heinrich August Jäschke (1817–1883), a German Tibetologist missionary and Bible translator.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}}

It was first described and published in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. Vol.39 on page 230 in 1870.