Oliganthes is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae[4] within the family Asteraceae.[5][6][7]

Oliganthes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Oliganthes
Cass.
Type species
Oliganthes triflora[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Odontoloma Kunth
  • Trianthaea (DC.) Spach
  • Dialesta Kunth
  • Vernonia sect. Trianthaea DC.
Species[3][8]
formerly included[3]

several species once considered part of Oliganthes but now regarded as more suited to other genera: Eremosis Grosvenoria Harleya Piptocoma Pollalesta

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