Cota (plant)

Cota
Cota tinctoria in bloom
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Anthemideae
Genus:	Cota J.Gay[1][2]

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.^[3][4]

Species^[5]

• 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. "Cota J.Gay". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
2. "Cota J.Gay". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
3. Flora of North America, Cota J. Gay ex Gussone, Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 866. 1845.
4. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Cota
5. The Plant List search for LPrPprCota

External links

• Media related to Cota at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Cota (Asteraceae) at Wikispecies