| Poskea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Poskea Vatke |
| Synonyms | |
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Cockburnia Balf.f. | |
Poskea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.
It is native to Somalia, Socotra and Yemen.
The genus name of Poskea is in honour of Friedrich Poske (1852–1925), a German teacher and natural scientist in Berlin. It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.43 on page 321 in 1882.
According to Kew: