Patzkea

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Patzkea is a genus of plants in the grass family.{{cite web |title=Patzkea G.H.Loos {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77106190-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=9 November 2021 |language=en}}

Its native to Europe and Africa. It is found in Europe within Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Spain, Switzerland and Yugoslavia. In Africa it is found in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

The genus name of Patzkea is in honour of Erwin Patzke (1929–2018), German botanist and professor, specialist in grasses.{{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 Jahrb. Bochum. Bot. Vereins Vol.1 on page 126 in 2010.