Cota (Asteraceae)

Cota tinctoria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Anthemideae
Subtribus: Anthemidinae
Genus: Cota
Species: C. altissima – C. amblyolepis – C. anatolica – C. antitaurica – C. austriaca – C. brachmannii – C. brevicuspis – C. coelopoda – C. dalmatica – C. dipsacea – C. dubia – C. fulvida – C. halophila – C. hamzaoglui – C. jailensis – C. latealata – C. linczevskyi – C. lyonnetioides – C. macrantha – C. macroglossa – C. mazandaranica – C. melanoloma – C. monantha – C. nigellifolia – C. oretana – C. oxylepis – C. palaestina – C. pestalozzae – C. rayatensis – C. saguramica – C. samuelssonii – C. segetalis – C. talyschensis – C. tinctoria – C. triumfettii – C. wiedemanniana
Nothospecies: C. × ochroleuca

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cota in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct. 24. Reference page.

Name

Cota J.Gay in Guss., Fl. Sic. Syn. 2: 866 (1844).

• Type species: Cota tinctoria (L.) J.Gay in Guss., Fl. Sic. Syn. 2: 866 (1844).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Baltic States, Belarus, Denmark, Great Britain, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine. Central Europe Austria, Belgium, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, Krym, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Turkey-in-Europe. Asia-Temperate Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Caucasus Altay, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Central Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Siberia Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutiya. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gussone, G. 1843–1845. Florae Siculae Synopsis, [exhibens plantas vasculares in Sicilia insulisque adjacentibus huc usque detectas secundum systema Linneanum dipositas]. Neapoli. Vol. 2. [(1): 1–529. 1844 ("1843"); (2): 527–926. Jul 1844 – Sep 1845]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Iranshahr, M. 1986. Anthemis Sect. Cota. Pp. 17–26 in Podlech, D., Huber-Morath, A., Iranshahr, M. & Rechinger, K.H., Compositae – Anthemideae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.) Flora Iranica. Vol. 158. 234 pp., 224 tab., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page. 
• Lo Presti, R.M., Oppolzer, S. & Oberprieler, C. 2010. A molecular phylogeny and a revised classification of the Mediterranean genus Anthemis s.l. (Compositae, Anthemideae) based on three molecular markers and micromorphological characters. Taxon 59(5): 1441–1456. DOI: 10.1002/tax.595010 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Greuter, W., Oberprieler, C. & Vogt, R. 2003. The Euro+Med treatment of Anthemideae (Compositae) - generic concepts and required new names. Willdenowia 33(1): 37–43. DOI: 10.3372/wi.33.33102 JSTOR. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cota (Asteraceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Cota (Asteraceae). Published online. Accessed: 7 May 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cota (Asteraceae). Accessed: 7 May 2025.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Cota (Asteraceae). World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 7. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Golden Chamomile

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