Ricotia

Ricotia
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
See text
Synonyms [2]
NotarisiaPestal. ex Ces. ScopoliaAdans.

Ricotia sinuata

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

1. Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 912 (1763)
2. "Ricotia L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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.