Koelpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion family.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, after which he became professor at Marienstiftsgymnasium in Stettin.
SpeciesKoelpinia chrysoglochis Rech.f. - Iran, Iraq
Koelpinia deflexa Stschegl. - Central Asia
Koelpinia linearis Pall. - ...