Zizkaea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae.

[1] The genus name of Zizkaea is in honour of Georg Zizka (b.

[2] The Latin specific epithet of tuerckheimii refers to Hans von Türckheim (1853-1920), a German plant collector.

[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.279 on page 55 in 2016.

[1][4] It is native to the Dominican Republic and Haiti on the island of Hispaniola.