Koelpinia Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Pallas, Peter (Pyotr) Simon von. 1776. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs 3: 755
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40036071 Tropicos, Koelpinia Pall.
3. https://archive.org/stream/plantgenera/plantgenera_djvu.txt Plant genera named after people (1753-1853)
4. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Neue Schriften, 4. Band. 1803, S. VII (Google Books
5. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Koelpinia The Plant List search for Koelpinia