title: Plagiobasis
text: # Plagiobasis
  
  Plagiobasis is a genus of Asian plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.
  
  ## Species
  
  The only known species is Plagiobasis centuroides, native to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang, and Altai Krai.
  
  ## formerly included
  
  see Russowia
  
  