Christian Leberecht von Prøck

Christian Leberecht von Prøck (1718–1780) was a Danish baron.

He served as Governor-General of the Danish West Indies colonies from 1756 to 1766.

In 1768, Pröck became a diocese commander over Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

In 1759, Patrick Browne ex Carl Linnaeus published Prockia, a genus of flowering plants from Central America, and South America, in the willow family, Salicaceae.

published Prockiopsis, a genus of flowering plants from Madagascar, belonging to the family Achariaceae and both genera were named in Christian Leberecht von Prøck's honour.