Oligochaeta (plant)

Oligochaeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cynareae[1]
Genus: Oligochaeta
(DC.) K.Koch
Synonyms[1]

Serratula sect. Oligochaeta DC.

Oligochaeta is a genus of Asian plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.[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 Cynareae, along with the genera Rhaponticum, Acroptilon, Callicephalus, Leuzea, Myopordon, and Ochrocephala.[6] It can be distinguished from other genera by its pollen.[7]

Species[1][8]
  1. Oligochaeta divaricata - Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  2. Oligochaeta minima - Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan
  3. Oligochaeta ramosa - Indian Subcontinent
  4. Oligochaeta tomentosa - Caucasus, Iran
formerly included[1]

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

References


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