Lecokia

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Lecokia cretica 03.jpg

|image_caption = Lecokia cretica in Turkey

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|genus = Lecokia

|parent_authority = DC.

|species = cretica

|authority = (Lam.) DC.

|synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=844112-1 |title=Lecokia cretica (Lam.) DC. |access-date=7 November 2021}}

|synonyms = {{species list

|Apolgusa |Raf.

|Conilaria |Raf.

|Apolgusa cretica |(Lam.) Raf.

|Athamanta cervariifolia |Viv. ex Steud.

|Cachrys cretica |Lam.

|Conilaria cretica |(Lam.) Raf.

|Scandix latifolia |Sm. }}

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Lecokia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.{{cite web |title=Lecokia DC. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:40165-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=24 May 2021 |language=en}} It just contains one species, Lecokia cretica (Lam.) DC.

It is native to Cyprus, the East Aegean Islands, Iran, Crete, Lebanon, Palestine, South Caucasus (of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan), Syria, and Turkey.

The genus name of Lecokia is in honour of Henri Lecoq (1802–1871), a French botanist.{{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}} The genus has 2 known synonyms of Apolgusa {{small|Raf.}} and Conilaria {{small|Raf.}}

The Latin specific epithet of cretica means "coming from Crete, where the plant was found.{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}

Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Coll. Mém. Vol.5 on page 67 in 1829.