Cotula

Cotula
Cotula coronopifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Supertribe: Asterodae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Cotula
L.
Type species
Cotula coronopifolia
Synonyms[3]
  • Baldingeria Neck.
  • Gymnogyne Steetz
  • Peyrousea DC.
  • Lancisia Lam.
  • Pleiogyne K.Koch
  • Strongylosperma Less.
  • Cenia Comm. ex Juss.
  • Cenia sect. Actinocenia DC.
  • Hippia L.f.
  • Ctenosperma Hook.f.
  • Lancisia Fabr.
  • Machlis DC.
  • Otochlamys DC.
  • Cotyla O.Kuntze & T. von Post

Cotula is a genus of flowering plant in the sunflower family.[4][2] It includes plants known as water buttons or buttonweeds.

The species within this genus can be very different in their habit, leaf division, involucre, receptacle and achenes.

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by M. L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 182 (1929)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, Cotula L.
  3. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  4. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 891-892 in Latin
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