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 (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