Barbellopsis contains two species distributed in Southeast Asia and tropical America. In Bolivia and the Neotropics only a single species. Barbellopsis trichophora is characterized by the pendent habit, initial creeping proximal stems and leaves large, pendent stems and branches slender with leaves lanceolate-subulate, and faint papillae.
Barbellopsis contiene dos especies distribuidas en el sureste de Asia y América tropical. En Bolivia y el Neotrópico sólo Barbellopsis trichophora se caracteriza por presentar hábito pendiente, tallos proximales reptantes y hojas grandes, tallos pendientes y ramas delgadas con hojas lanceolado-subuladas y papilas tenues.