Volkensinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.

Its native range is north eastern and eastern Tropical Africa, it is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Tanzania.

[1][2] The genus name of Volkensinia is in honour of Georg Volkens (1855–1917), a German botanist born in Berlin.

[3] The Latin specific epithet of prostrata means on the ground as derived from prostrate.

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