Ellisiophyllum

 ( Plantaginaceae ) 

Ellisiophyllum is a monotypic genus of belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It contains a single species, Ellisiophyllum pinnatum (Wall. ex Benth.) Makino

Its native range is the central 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,

and phyllum meaning leaf. The specific epithet pinnata]] is from the Latin meaning "feather-like", referring to the leaves.

Charlton Lewis (1891). 9780199102051, Oxford University Press. 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 - eastern Himalayas
• Ellisiophyllum pinnatum subsp. pinnatum – central and eastern Himalayas, central and southern China, Taiwan, Philippines, and New Guinea
• Ellisiophyllum pinnatum var. reptans – Japan (western Honshu and Shikoku)

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