Koelpinia

Koelpinia
Koelpinia linearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Scorzonerinae
Genus: Koelpinia
Pall.
Type species
Koelpinia linearis

Koelpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

The genus Koelpinia, authored by Peter Simon Pallas, was named after Pallas friend Alexander Bernhard Koelpin (1739–1801), who was a German physician and botanist, and director of the Greifswald Botanic Garden and Arboretum from 1765 to 1767, after which he became professor at Marienstiftsgymnasium in Stettin.

Species
  • Koelpinia chrysoglochis Rech.f. - Iran, Iraq
  • Koelpinia deflexa Stschegl. - Central Asia
  • Koelpinia linearis Pall. - from Morocco to Xinjiang
  • Koelpinia macrantha C.Winkl. - Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia
  • Koelpinia sessilis Boiss. - Iran
  • Koelpinia tenuissima Pavlov & Lipsch. - Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia
  • Koelpinia turanica Vassilcz. - Central Asia