Oligochaeta (plant)
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Oligochaeta is a genus of Asian plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4]
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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 |
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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