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Ricotia

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Ricotia
Ricotia Lunaria
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • 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

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Currently accepted species include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 912 (1763)
  2. ^ a b "Ricotia L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  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.