Ellisiophyllum

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|genus = Ellisiophyllum

|parent_authority = Maxim. (1871)

|species = pinnatum

|authority = (Wall. ex Benth.) Makino (1906)

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• Ellisiophyllum pinnatum subsp. bhutanense {{small|R.R.Mill}}
• Ellisiophyllum pinnatum subsp. pinnatum
• Ellisiophyllum pinnatum var. reptans {{small|(Maxim.) T.Yamaz.}}

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|Hornemannia |Benth. (1846), nom. illeg.

|Moseleya |Hemsl. (1899)

|Hornemannia pinnata |(Wall. ex Benth.) Benth. (1846)

|Moseleya pinnata |(Wall. ex Benth.) Hemsl. (1899)

|Ourisia pinnata |Wall. ex Benth. (1835)

|Sibthorpia pinnata |(Wall. ex Benth.) Benth. (1884)

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Ellisiophyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.{{cite web |title=Ellisiophyllum Maxim. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19754-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=15 May 2021 |language=en}} It contains a single species, Ellisiophyllum pinnatum (Wall. ex Benth.) Makino {{cite web |title=Ellisiophyllum pinnatum (Wall. ex Benth.) Makino {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:432073-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=6 September 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is the central Himalayas to New Guinea. It is found in central and southern China, the central and eastern Himalayas, Japan, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines and Taiwan.

Its genus name of Ellisiophyllum is in honour of John Ellis (1710–1776), a British linen merchant and naturalist,{{cite book | last=Quattrocchi | first=Umberto | title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L | publisher=CRC Press | location=Boca Raton, Florida | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-8493-2676-9}} and phyllum meaning leaf. The specific epithet {{lang|la|pinnata}} is from the Latin meaning "feather-like", referring to the leaves.{{cite book | last=Lewis | first=Charlton | title=An Elementary Latin Dictionary | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=Oxford | year=1891 | isbn=9780199102051}}

It was first published and described in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) Vol.20 on page 91 in 1906.

Three subdivisions are accepted:

• Ellisiophyllum pinnatum subsp. bhutanense {{small|R.R.Mill}} - eastern Himalayas
• Ellisiophyllum pinnatum subsp. pinnatum – central and eastern Himalayas, central and southern China, Taiwan, Philippines, and New Guinea
• Ellisiophyllum pinnatum var. reptans {{small|(Maxim.) T.Yamaz.}} – Japan (western Honshu and Shikoku)