Moliniopsis

{{Short description|Species of grass}}

{{Speciesbox

| name= Moliniopsis japonica

| parent_authority = Hayata

| taxon = Moliniopsis japonica

| authority = (Hack.) Hayata

| synonyms = {{species list

|Graphephorum nipponicum |Honda

|Molinia japonica |Hack.

|Moliniopsis hui |(Pilg.) Keng

|Moliniopsis intermedia |Keng

|Moliniopsis nipponica |(Honda) Honda }}

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Moliniopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae.{{cite web |title=Moliniopsis Hayata {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:18525-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=en}} It just contains one species, Moliniopsis japonica {{small|(Hack.) Hayata}}.{{cite web |title=Moliniopsis japonica (Hack.) Hayata {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408835-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=en}}

It is native to south-east China, Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands (Russian Island) and Sakhalin (Russian Island).

The genus name of Moliniopsis is in honour of Juan Ignacio Molina (1740–1829), was a Chilean Jesuit priest, naturalist, historian, translator, geographer, botanist, ornithologist, and linguist.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}} The Latin specific epithet of japonica means "of Japan".{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}

Both genus and species were first described and published in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) Vol.39 on page 258 in 1925.