Plagiobasis is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.Schrenk, Alexander Gustav von. 1845. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 3: 108Tropicos, Plagiobasis Schrenk
Species The only known species is Plagiobasis centuroides, native to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang, and Altai Krai.Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 186 斜果菊 xie guo ju Plagiobasis centauroides Schrenk
formerly included see Russowia Plagiobasis sogdiana Bunge - Russowia sogdiana (Bunge) B.Fedtsch.
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