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.