Biology:Ricotia

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Short description: Genus of Brassicaceae plants

Ricotia
Ricotia Lunaria.jpg
Ricotia Lunaria
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Tribe: Biscutelleae
Genus: Ricotia
L.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Notarisia Pestal. ex Ces.
  • Scopolia Adans.
Ricotia sinuata

Ricotia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, found in the Aegean islands, Crete, the Levant, the Sinai peninsula, Turkey, and the Transcaucasus. They appear to have arisen in Anatolia, to which five species are endemic.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Ricotia aucheri (Boiss.) B.L.Burtt
  • Ricotia carnosula Boiss. & Heldr.
  • Ricotia cretica Boiss. & Heldr.
  • Ricotia davisiana B.L.Burtt
  • Ricotia isatoides (Barbey) B.L.Burtt
  • Ricotia lunaria (L.) DC.
  • Ricotia sinuata Boiss. & Heldr.
  • Ricotia tenuifolia Sm.
  • Ricotia varians B.L.Burtt

References

  1. Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 912 (1763)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Ricotia L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331911-2. 
  3. Özüdoğru, Barış; Akaydın, Galip; Erik, Sadık; Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.; Mummenhoff, Klaus (2015). "Phylogeny, diversification and biogeographic implications of the eastern Mediterranean endemic genus Ricotia (Brassicaceae)". Taxon 64 (4): 727–740. doi:10.12705/644.5. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5649767 entry