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

[1] Species of the genus are native to Australia.

[1] The genus name of Menkea is in honour of Karl Theodor Menke (1791–1861), a German malacologist and balneologist who was a native of Bremen.

He is remembered for his research on snails.

[1] According to Kew:[1]