Wulfeniopsis
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Wulfeniopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.{{cite web |title=Wulfeniopsis D.Y.Hong {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38116-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=13 March 2021 |language=en}} It is also in tribe Veroniceae.
It is native to Nepal, West Himalaya, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Wulfeniopsis amherstiana (Benth.) D.Y.Hong
- Wulfeniopsis nepalensis (T.Yamaz.) D.Y.Hong
The genus name of Wulfeniopsis is in honour of Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805), an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest.{{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}} It was first described and published in Acta Phytotax. Sin. Vol.18 on page 51 in 1980.
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Category:Plantaginaceae genera