Oligochaeta (plant)
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| Oligochaeta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Cardueae |
| Subtribe: | Centaureinae |
| Genus: | Oligochaeta (DC.) K.Koch |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Oligochaeta is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4]
Oligochaeta is native to central, southern, and southwestern Asia. They are annual plants that grow in mountain and steppe habitat.[5]
It is part of the "Rhaponticum group" in the tribe Cardueae, along with the genera Callicephalus, Leuzea (including Acroptilon and Rhaponticum), Myopordon, and Ochrocephala.[6] It can be distinguished from other genera by its pollen.[7]
- Oligochaeta divaricata - Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
- Oligochaeta minima - Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan
- Oligochaeta ramosa - Indian subcontinent
- Oligochaeta tomentosa - Caucasus, Iran
- formerly included[1]
Oligochaeta leucosmerinx Rech.f. & Köie - Schischkinia albispina (Bunge) Iljin
