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Olgaea
Olgaea is a genus of Asian plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, having a typical thistle appearance.
In 1922, Modest Mikhaĭlovich Iljin (from the Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Soviet Russia) named the genus in honour of Russian botanist Olga Fedtschenko (1845–1921).
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Olgaea leucophylla
speciesOlgaea leucophylla
Olgaea lomonossowii
speciesOlgaea lomonossowii
Olgaea tangutica
speciesOlgaea tangutica
Olgaea nidulans
speciesOlgaea nidulans
Olgaea pectinata
speciesOlgaea pectinata
Olgaea eriocephala
speciesOlgaea eriocephala
Olgaea thomsonii
speciesOlgaea thomsonii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 632931.