Ricotia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Regnum*: Viridiplantae
Cladus: Streptophyta
Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta
Cladus: Embryophyta
Cladus: Polysporangiophyta
Divisio*: Tracheophyta
Cladus: Eutracheophyta
Cladus: Euphyllophytina
Cladus: Megaphylla
Cladus: Radiatopses
Cladus: Lignophyta
Cladus: Metalignophyta
Diviso*: Spermatophyta
Classis*: Angiospermae
Cladus: Mesangiospermae
Cladus: Eudicota
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Subfamilia: Brassicoideae
Tribus: Biscutelleae
Genus: Ricotia
Species: R. aucheri – R. candiriana – R. carnosula – R. cretica – R. davisiana – R. isatoides – R. lunaria – R. sinuata – R. tenuifolia – R. varians
Name

Ricotia L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 912. (1763)

Type species: Ricotia lunaria DC. Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 2: 284. (1821)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Scopolia Adans. (1763), non Jacq. (1764) nom. cons. nec J.R. & J.G.A. Forst. (1775), nec L. f. (1782), nec Sm. (1790)
Notarisia Pestal. ex Ces. (1856), non Colla (1836), nec Hampe (1837)

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 912. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Ricotia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 3 2017. Reference page.
Koch, M.A. et al. 2017. Ricotia in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 3.
Özüdoğru, B., Akaydın, G., Erik, S., Al-Shehbaz, I.A. & Mummenhoff, K. 2015. Phylogeny, diversification and biogeographic implications of the eastern Mediterranean endemic genus Ricotia (Brassicaceae). Taxon 64(4): 727–740. DOI: 10.12705/644.5 ResearchGate Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Ricotia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Feb. 2017.

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

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