Cota (plant)

Cota
Cota tinctoria in bloom
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Cota
Gay ex Guss. 1845

Cota is a genus belonging to the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family. It is native to Europe, North Africa, and southwestern Asia, with a few species naturalized elsewhere. It is an herbaceous plant with flower heads including white or yellow ray florets and yellow disc florets.[1][2]

Species[3]
  • Cota altissima (L.) J.Gay
  • Cota amblyolepis (Eig) Holub
  • Cota antitaurica (Grierson) Holub
  • Cota austriaca (Jacq.) Sch.Bip.
  • Cota brachmannii (Boiss. & Heldr.) Boiss.
  • Cota coelopoda (Boiss.) Boiss.
  • Cota dalmatica (Scheele) Oberpr. & Greuter
  • Cota dipsacea (Bornm.) Oberpr. & Greuter
  • Cota dubia (Steven) Holub
  • Cota fulvida (Grierson) Holub
  • Cota halophila (Boiss. & Balansa) Oberpr. & Greuter
  • Cota jailensis (Zefir.) Holub
  • Cota lyonnetioides Boiss. & Kotschy
  • Cota macrantha (Heuff.) Boiss.
  • Cota melanoloma (Trautv.) Holub
  • Cota monantha (Willd.) Oberpr. & Greuter
  • Cota oretana (Carretero) Oberpr. & Greuter
  • Cota oxylepis Boiss.
  • Cota palaestina Reut. ex Unger & Kotschy
  • Cota pestalozzae (Boiss.) Boiss.
  • Cota samuelssonii (Rech.f.) Oberpr. & Greuter
  • Cota segetalis (Ten.) Holub
  • Cota tinctoria (L.) J.Gay
  • Cota triumfetti (L.) J.Gay
  • Cota wiedemanniana (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Holub

References

  1. ↑ Flora of North America, Cota J. Gay ex Gussone, Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 866. 1845.
  2. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Cota
  3. ↑ The Plant List search for Cota
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