Helmiopsis Calcicola

''Helmiopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.

Its native range is Madagascar.

The genus name of ''Helmiopsis'' is in honour of C. Helm, German clergyman in Berlin and amateur botanist. It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.91 on page 230 in 1945.

Known species

According to Kew;
*''Helmiopsis bernieri''
*''Helmiopsis boivinii''
*''Helmiopsis calcicola''
*''Helmiopsis glaberrima''
*''Helmiopsis hily''
*''Helmiopsis linearifolia''
*''Helmiopsis polyandra''
*''Helmiopsis pseudopopulus''
*'' Helmiopsis richardii''
*''Helmiopsis rigida''
*''Helmiopsis sphaerocarpa''

References

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Dombeyoideae
Malvaceae genera
Endemic flora of Madagascar
Plants described in 1945