Teedia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Teedia lucida 1DS-II 2-3410.jpg

|image_caption = Teedia lucida in South Africa

|taxon = Teedia

|authority = Rudolphi

|synonyms = Borckhausenia {{small|Roth}}

}}

Teedia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae.{{cite web |title=Teedia Rudolphi {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38045-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=12 March 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is southern tropical Africa (within the countries of Lesotho, Eswatini and Zimbabwe) and South Africa (within the regions of Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces).

The genus name of Teedia is in honour of Johann Georg Teede, a German botanist who collected plants in Portugal.{{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 J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799 (Vol.2) on page 288 in 1800.

==Known species==

According to Kew:

• Teedia lucida (Aiton) Rudolphi
• Teedia pubescens Burch.