title: Sinojohnstonia
text: # Sinojohnstonia
  
  Sinojohnstonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
  
  It is native to China (within north-central, south-central, south-east and Inner Mongolia regions).
  
  The genus name of Sinojohnstonia is in honour of Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960), a United States botanist. The Latin suffix of Sino- refers to sinensis meaning from China. It was first described and published in Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. Vol.7 on page 201 in 1936.
  
  ## Known species
  
  According to Kew:
  
  * Sinojohnstonia chekiangensis (Migo) W.T.Wang ex Z.Ying Zhang
  * Sinojohnstonia moupinensis (Franch.) W.T.Wang ex Z.Ying Zhang
  * Sinojohnstonia plantaginea Hu
  * Sinojohnstonia ruhuaii W.B.Liao & Lei Wang
  