''Tugarinovia'' 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 ...

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flowering 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 ...

. ;Species There is only one known species, ''Tugarinovia mongolica'', native to (Outer)

Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...

and

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's China–Mongolia border, border with the country of Mongolia. ...

.Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 41 革苞菊属 ge bao ju shu ''Tugarinovia'' Iljin, Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 27: 356. 1928.
/ref> ;varieties * ''Tugarinovia mongolica'' var. ''mongolica'' * ''Tugarinovia mongolica'' var. ''ovatifolia'' Ling & Ma

References

Cardueae Monotypic Asteraceae genera Flora of Mongolia Flora of Inner Mongolia {{Cynareae-stub