''Wulfeniopsis'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family

Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...

. It is also in Tribe Veroniceae. It is native to Nepal, West

Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

, Pakistan and

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. Known species: * '' Wulfeniopsis amherstiana'' (Benth.) D.Y.Hong * ''

Wulfeniopsis nepalensis ''Wulfeniopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It is also in Tribe Veroniceae. It is native to Nepal, West Himalaya, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Known species: * '' Wulfeniopsis amherstiana'' (Benth.) D.Y.H ...

'' (T.Yamaz.) D.Y.Hong The genus name of ''Wulfeniopsis'' is in honour of

Franz Xaver von Wulfen Franz Xaver Freiherr von Wulfen (5 November 1728 – 17 March 1805) was an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest. He is credited with discovering the flowering plants ''Wulfenia carinthiaca'', ''Saxifraga mo ...

(1728–1805), an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and

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. It was first described and published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. Vol.18 on page 51 in 1980.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9096322 Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae genera Plants described in 1980 Flora of Afghanistan Flora of the Indian subcontinent