''Koelpinia'' is a

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of flowering plants in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. The genus ''Koelpinia'', authored by

Peter Simon Pallas Peter Simon Pallas Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS FRSE (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811) was a Prussia, Prussian zoologist, botanist, Ethnography, ethnographer, Exploration, explorer, Geography, geographer, Geology, geologist, Natura ...

, was

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Pallas friend Alexander Bernhard Koelpin (1739–1801), who was a German physician and

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, and director of the

Greifswald Botanic Garden and Arboretum Greifswald Botanical Garden and Arboretum (total area 9 hectares, German: ''Botanischer Garten und Arboretum der Universität Greifswald''), was founded in 1763. It is one of the oldest botanical gardens in Germany, and one of the oldest scientif ...

from 1765 to 1767, after which he became professor at Marienstiftsgymnasium in

Stettin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major seaport, the largest city of northwestern Poland, and se ...

. ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
The Plant List search for ''Koelpinia''
/ref> * '' 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

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Asteraceae genera Cichorieae {{Cichorieae-stub