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

[1] It is also the only genus in the tribe Lichtensteinieae, subfamily Apioideae.

It is native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal (within South Africa).

[1] The genus name of Lichtensteinia is in honour of Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780–1857), a German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist.

[2] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.1 on page 394 in 1826.