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Oligochaeta (plant)

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Oligochaeta
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Serratula sect. Oligochaeta DC.

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]

Species[1][8]
formerly included[1]

Oligochaeta leucosmerinx Rech.f. & Köie - Schischkinia albispina (Bunge) Iljin

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