Moliniopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae.
[1] It just contains one species, Moliniopsis japonica (Hack.)
[2] 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.
[3] The Latin specific epithet of japonica means "of Japan".
[4] Both genus and species were first described and published in Bot.