Plenckia
Plenckia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae.
It is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and north-western Argentina.
The genus name of Plenckia is in honour of Joseph [Jakob Plenck], an Austrian physician and polymath. He is now known as a pioneer dermatologist.
It was first described and published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc., Fl. Bras. Vol.11 on page 30 in 1861.