Koelpinia


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, 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.
; SpeciesKoelpinia chrysoglochis Rech.f. - Iran, IraqKoelpinia deflexa Stschegl. - Central AsiaKoelpinia linearis Pall. - from Morocco to XinjiangKoelpinia macrantha C.Winkl. - Iran, Afghanistan, Central AsiaKoelpinia sessilis Boiss. - IranKoelpinia tenuissima Pavlov & Lipsch. - Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central AsiaKoelpinia turanica Vassilcz. - Central Asia