Baeckea is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, all but one endemic to Australia.

Plants in the genus Baeckea are glabrous shrubs, sometimes small trees, usually with the leaves arranged in opposite pairs or decussate.

Five to fifteen stamens are arranged in a single row and are shorter that the petals and open by parallel slits.

[10][11] Many species formerly placed in the genus are currently included in the genera Balaustion, Euryomyrtus, Harmogia, Kardomia, Oxymyrrhine, Rinzia, Sannantha, Seorsus and Triplarina.

[3] The closest genera to Baeckea are the fleshy-fruited Myrcianthes and Acmena, and the dry-fruited Angophora and Backhousia.