''Koehneola'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. There is only one known species, ''Koehneola repens''. It is native to

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

.Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
/ref> The genus name of ''Koehneola'' is in honour of

Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne (12 February 1848 – 12 October 1918) was a German botanist and dendrologist born near Striegau, a town known today as Strzegom, Poland. Koehne was a professor of botany in Berlin and was a leading authority ...

(1848–1918), a German botanist and dendrologist born near Striegau, a town known today as Strzegom, Poland, The Latin specific epithet of ''repens'' means creeping or crawling. Both genus and species were described and published in Symb. Antill. Vol.2 on pages 463–464 in 1901.

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Coreopsideae Endemic flora of Cuba Monotypic Asteraceae genera Plants described in 1901 {{Coreopsideae-stub