{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Ricotia Lunaria.jpg | image_caption = ''Ricotia lunaria'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Ricotia | authority = 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" /> }} thumb|''Ricotia sinuata'' '''''Ricotia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, found in the East 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=2 October 2025 }}</ref>
*''Ricotia aucheri'' <small>(Boiss.) B.L.Burtt</small> *''Ricotia candiriana'' {{small|Özçandır, Aykurt & Özüdoğru}} *''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>
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Category:Brassicaceae genera Category:Plants described in 1763 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus