Cotula

Cotula australis

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: Cotulinae
Genus: Cotula
Species: C. abyssinica – C. alpina – C. andreae – C. anthemoides – C. australis – C. barbata – C. bipinnata – C. bracteolata – C. calcicola – C. ceniifolia – C. coronopifolia – C. cotuloides – C. cryptocephala – C. dielsii – C. discolor – C. duckittiae – C. eckloniana – C. filifolia – C. goughensis – C. hemisphaerica – C. heterocarpa – C. hispida – C. kotschyi – C. laxa – C. leptalea – C. lineariloba – C. loganii – C. macroglossa – C. melaleuca – C. membranifolia – C. microglossa – C. montana – C. moseleyi – C. myriophylloides – C. nigellifolia – C. nudicaulis – C. paludosa – C. paradoxa – C. pedicellata – C. pedunculata – C. perennans – C. pruinosa – C. pterocarpa – C. pusilla – C. radicalis – C. rosea – C. sericea – C. socialis – C. sororia – C. tenella – C. thunbergii – C. tuberculata – C. turbinata – C. villosa – C. vulgaris – C. zeyheri

Source(s) of checklist:
POWO, WorldPlants, 21 Mar 2024

Name

Cotula L., Sp. Pl. 2: 891 (1753); Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 868 (1754).

• Lectotype species: Cotula coronopifolia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 891. (1753) (designated by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 182 (1929).)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lancisia Fabr., Enum. 87 (1759).
• Heterotypic
  • Cenia Comm. ex Juss., Gen. Pl.: 183 (1789).
  • Lancisia Lam., Tabl. Encycl. t. 701, f. 1–3 (1797), 3: 278 (explicative text)] nom. illeg. hom.
  • Leptogyne Less., Linnaea 6: 151 (1831).
  • Strongylosperma Less., Syn. Gen. Compos. 261 (1832).
    • Typus: Strongylosperma australe (Spreng.) Less.
  • Machlis DC., Prodr. 6: 140 (1837).
    • Typus: Machlis hemisphaerica (Roxb.) DC.
  • Otochlamys DC., Prodr. 6: 77 (1838).
  • Pleiogyne K.Koch, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 40 (1843).
  • Sphaeroclinium Sch.Bip., Tanaceteen: 20 (1844).
  • Gymnogyne Steetz in J.G.C.Lehmann, Pl. Preiss. 1: 431 (1845).
  • Ctenosperma Hook.f., London J. Bot. 6: 115 (1847).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced) Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia (introduced). Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira (introduced). Regional: West Tropical Africa Mauritania, Senegal. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean St.Helena. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius (introduced), Madagascar. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Russian Far East Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin (introduced). Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands (introduced), Palestine, Sinai. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia. Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (introduced), West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea (introduced). Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Subarctic America Alaska. Regional: Western Canada British Columbia. Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon, Washington. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Maine, Massachusetts. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida, Maryland. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Central America Guatemala. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Southern South America Juan Fernández Islands, Paraguay, Uruguay. Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Tristan da Cunha. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 891. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 868. Reference page. 

Links

• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Cotula in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2011 Oct 04.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cotula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Cotula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Mar 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Cotula. Published online. Accessed: 21 Mar 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cotula. Accessed: 21 Mar 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Cotula. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar 21. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Water Buttons
suomi: Kotulat
русский: Котула

For more multimedia, look at Cotula on Wikimedia Commons.