''Olgaea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
n plants in the tribe
Cardueae
The Cardueae are a tribe (biology), tribe of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) and the subfamily Carduoideae. Most of them are commonly known as thistles; four of the best known genera are ''Carduus'', ''Cynara'' (containing the ...
within the family
Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...
, having a typical
thistle
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterized by leaves with sharp spikes on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the planton the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves. T ...
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
Olga Aleksandrovna Fedchenko or Fedtschenko (; Armfeld; 30 October 1845 – 24 April 1921) was a Russian botanist. ''Rosa fedtschenkoana'', which is found in Asia, was named in her honour (with a German transliteration of her name).
Early life
O ...
(1845–1921).
''Olgaeas genome consists of a diploid number of 2n=26 chromosomes.
; Species
http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Accessed
References
Asteraceae genera
Cardueae
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