Biology:Koelpinia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Koelpinia
Scientific classification e
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
Pall.

Koelpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2]

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,[3] after which he became professor at Marienstiftsgymnasium in Stettin.[4]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2355512 entry