Ricotia Explained

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.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. 10.12705/644.5 . Phylogeny, diversification and biogeographic implications of the eastern Mediterranean endemic genus Ricotia (Brassicaceae) . 2015 . Özüdoğru . Barış . Akaydın . Galip . Erik . Sadık . Al-Shehbaz . Ihsan A. . Mummenhoff . Klaus . Taxon . 64 . 4 . 727–740 .
2. Web site: Ricotia L. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 25 July 2020 .