Ricotia
| Ricotia | |
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| Ricotia lunaria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Tribe: | Biscutelleae |
| Genus: | Ricotia L.[1] |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Ricotia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, found in the East 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 candiriana Özçandır, Aykurt & Özüdoğru
- 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
- ^ Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 912 (1763)
- ^ a b "Ricotia L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ 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.