Lecokia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.

[1] It is native to Cyprus, the East Aegean Islands, Iran, Crete, Lebanon, Palestine, South Caucasus (of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan), Syria, and Turkey.

[1] The genus name of Lecokia is in honour of Henri Lecoq (1802–1871), a French botanist.

[2] The Latin specific epithet of cretica means "coming from Crete, where the plant was found.

[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Coll.