Koelpinia

Koelpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion family.[2][3]

Koelpinia
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Koelpinia

Type species
Koelpinia linearis

The genus Koelpinia, authored by Peter Simon Pallas, was named after 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 1765-1767,[4] after which he became professor at Marienstiftsgymnasium in Stettin.[5]

Species[1][6]
  • 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

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at Archive.today
  2. Pallas, Peter (Pyotr) Simon von. 1776. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs 3: 755
  3. Tropicos, Koelpinia Pall.
  4. Plant genera named after people (1753-1853) by José A. Mari Mut
  5. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Neue Schriften, 4. Band. 1803, S. VII (Google Books
  6. The Plant List search for Koelpinia


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