Zizkaea
Zizkaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. It only contains one known species, Zizkaea tuerckheimii.
Taxonomy
The genus name of Zizkaea is in honour of Georg Zizka, a German evolutionary botanist and also specialist in Bromeliaceae. The Latin specific epithet of tuerckheimii refers to Hans von Türckheim, a German plant collector.Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on page 55 in 2016.