Olgaea Explained

Olgaea is a genus of Asian plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, having a typical thistle appearance.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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).^[4]

Olgaeas genome consists of a diploid number of 2n=26 chromosomes.^[5]

Species^[6]

Notes and References

1. Iljin, Modest Mikhaĭlovich. 1922. Botanicheskie Materialy Gerbariya Glavnogo Botanicheskogo Sada RSFSR 3: 141
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031104 Tropicos, Olgaea Iljin
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=122780 Flora of China Olgaea Iljin
4. Web site: V.L. . Komarov . 1935 . Akademiya Nauk SSSR (FLORA of the U.S.S.R.) Vol. IV . 13 November 2014.
5. López-Vinyallonga. Sara. Chromosome Numbers in the Genera Cousinia, Olgaea and Syreitschikovia (Compositae). Folia Geobotanica. 2010. 45. 2. 201–214. 10.1007/s12224-009-9056-7. 2010FolGe..45..201L . 10261/28827. free.
6. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Accessed