About Moltkiopsis ciliata (Forssk.) I.M.Johnst.
Moltkiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, meaning it contains only one species: Moltkiopsis ciliata. This species is native to an area stretching from northern Africa through the Sahel to the Arabian Peninsula. It has been recorded growing in Algeria, Chad, Egypt, the Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Sudan, Tunisia, and the western Sahara. The genus name Moltkiopsis honors Joachim Godske Moltke (1746–1818), who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1814 to 1818. He was the son of Danish diplomat Adam Gottlob Moltke, and the father of Adam Wilhelm Moltke, who also became Danish Prime Minister. The species' specific epithet ciliata comes from the Latin word ciliatus, which means fringed. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in 1953, in volume 34 of the Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, on pages 2 to 3.
