Heldreichia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.

It is found in the countries of Lebanon-Syria, Palestine and Turkey.

[2] The genus name of Heldreichia is in honour of Theodor von Heldreich (1822–1902), a German botanist born in Dresden.

[3] The Latin specific epithet of bupleurifolia refers to means ‘with leaves like those of the genus Bupleurum’, a large genus in the Apiaceae (carrot family), commonly called Hare’s Ear.

The genus name Bupleurum is also an ancient Greek word for ‘umbelliferous plant’.