Schunkea

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| genus = Schunkea

| parent_authority = Senghas

| species = vierlingii

| authority = Senghas

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Schunkea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. The only known species is Schunkea vierlingii.{{cite web |title=Schunkea Senghas {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:987122-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=25 May 2021 |language=en}}

It is native to south-eastern Brazil.

The genus name of Schunkea is in honour of Vital Schunk (fl. 1990–1999), co-collector of this plant in southeast Brazil.{{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 Latin specific epithet of vierlingii refers to botanist and plant collector, Gerhard Vierling (fl. 2016), who later published Seegeriella senghasiana {{small|Vierling}} in OrchideenJ. Vol.23 (Issue 2) on page 80 in 2016. In honour of Seghas.{{cite web |title=Vierling, Gerhard {{!}} International Plant Names Index |url=https://www.ipni.org/a/20030179-1 |website=www.ipni.org |access-date=10 December 2021}} Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Palmengarten Vol.58 on page 128 in 1994.