''Heloniopsis'', also called swamppink, is a genus of plants in the

Melanthiaceae Melanthiaceae, also called the bunchflower family, is a family of flowering herbaceous perennial plants native to the Northern Hemisphere. Along with many other lilioid monocots, early authors considered members of this family to belong to the ...

, first described as a genus in 1859. It is native to east Asia (

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).Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 87 胡麻花属 hu ma hua shu ''Heloniopsis'' A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, ser. 2. 6: 416. 1858.
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Heloniopsis koreana ''Heloniopsis'', also called swamppink, is a genus of plants in the Melanthiaceae, first described as a genus in 1859. It is native to east Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Sakhalin Island in Russia). ;Species * '' Heloniopsis kawanoi'' (Koidz.) Hond ...

'' Fuse, N.S.Lee & M.N.Tamura – Korean swamppink –

* '' Heloniopsis leucantha'' (Koidz.) Honda –

* '' Heloniopsis orientalis'' (Thunb.) Tanaka –

Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...

** ''Heloniopsis orientalis'' var. ''flavida'' (Nakai) Ohwi – white oriental swamppink –

* '' Heloniopsis tubiflora'' Fuse, N.S.Lee & M.N.Tamura – tubular-flower swamppink –

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Heloniopsis umbellata ''Heloniopsis'', also called swamppink, is a genus of plants in the Melanthiaceae, first described as a genus in 1859. It is native to east Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Sakhalin Island in Russia). ;Species * ''Heloniopsis kawanoi'' (Koidz.) Honda ...

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