Schunkea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae.

[1] The genus name of Schunkea is in honour of Vital Schunk (fl.

[2] The Latin specific epithet of vierlingii refers to botanist and plant collector, Gerhard Vierling (fl.

2016), who later published Seegeriella senghasiana Vierling in OrchideenJ.

[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Palmengarten Vol.58 on page 128 in 1994.