''Schunkea'' is a monotypic genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family

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. The only known species is ''Schunkea vierlingii''. It is native to south-eastern Brazil. The genus name of ''Schunkea'' is in honour of Vital Schunk (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1990–1999), co-collector of this plant in southeast Brazil. The Latin

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of ''vierlingii'' refers to botanist and plant collector, Gerhard Vierling (fl. 2016), who later published '' Seegeriella senghasiana'' in OrchideenJ. Vol.23 (Issue 2) on page 80 in 2016. In honour of Seghas. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Palmengarten Vol.58 on page 128 in 1994.

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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q6122467, from2=Q15499494 Oncidiinae Oncidiinae genera Monotypic Epidendroideae genera Plants described in 1994 Flora of Southeast Brazil