Poggea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plant}}

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Poggea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Achariaceae.{{cite web |title=Poggea Gürke {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4378-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is western Tropical Africa and it is found in Angola, Cabinda Province, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon and Zaïre.

The genus name of Poggea is in honour of Paul Pogge (1838–1884), a German explorer in Africa.{{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 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}} It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.18 on page 162 in 1893.

==Known species==

According to Kew:

• Poggea alata {{small|Gürke}}
• Poggea gossweileri {{small|Exell}}
• Poggea longepedunculata {{small|Bamps}}