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Oligochaeta is a genus of Asian plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.
Oligochaeta is native to central, southern, and southwestern Asia. They are annual plants that grow in mountain and steppe habitat.
It is part of the Rhaponticum group in the tribe Cynareae, along with the genera Rhaponticum, Acroptilon, Callicephalus, Leuzea, Myopordon, and Ochrocephala. It can be distinguished from other genera by its pollen.
- Oligochaeta divaricata - Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
- Oligochaeta minima - Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan
- Oligochaeta ramosa - Indian Subcontinent
- Oligochaeta tomentosa - Caucasus, Iran
Oligochaeta leucosmerinx Rech.f. & Köie - Schischkinia albispina (Bunge) Iljin
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