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{{short description|Genus of Brassicaceae plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Ricotia Lunaria.jpg
| image_caption = ''Ricotia Lunaria''
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Ricotia
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]<ref>[[Sp. Pl.]] ed. 2: 912 (1763)</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms = *''Notarisia'' <small>Pestal. ex Ces.</small>
*''Scopolia'' <small>Adans.</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = "331911-2" />
}}
[[File:Ricotia sinuata 03.JPG|thumb|'''Ricotia sinuata''']]
'''''Ricotia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family [[Brassicaceae]], found in the 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.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.12705/644.5 |title=Phylogeny, diversification and biogeographic implications of the eastern Mediterranean endemic genus ''Ricotia'' (Brassicaceae) |year=2015 |last1=Özüdoğru |first1=Barış |last2=Akaydın |first2=Galip |last3=Erik |first3=Sadık |last4=Al-Shehbaz |first4=Ihsan A. |last5=Mummenhoff |first5=Klaus |journal=Taxon |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=727–740 }}</ref>
==Species==
Currently accepted species include:<ref name = "331911-2" >{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331911-2 |title=''Ricotia'' L. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=25 July 2020 }}</ref>
*''[[Ricotia aucheri]]'' <small>(Boiss.) B.L.Burtt</small>
*''[[Ricotia carnosula]]'' <small>Boiss. & Heldr.</small>
*''[[Ricotia cretica]]'' <small>Boiss. & Heldr.</small>
*''[[Ricotia davisiana]]'' <small>B.L.Burtt</small>
*''[[Ricotia isatoides]]'' <small>(Barbey) B.L.Burtt</small>
*''[[Ricotia lunaria]]'' <small>(L.) DC.</small>
*''[[Ricotia sinuata]]'' <small>Boiss. & Heldr.</small>
*''[[Ricotia tenuifolia]]'' <small>Sm.</small>
*''[[Ricotia varians]]'' <small>B.L.Burtt</small>
==References==
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[[Category:Brassicaceae]]
[[Category:Brassicaceae genera]]