Cota (plant)

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|taxon = Cota (plant)

|authority = J.Gay{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:8411-1 |title= Cota J.Gay |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=April 7, 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/62NGN |title= Cota J.Gay |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=April 7, 2024}}

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Cota is a genus belonging to the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family. It is native to Europe, North Africa, and southwestern Asia, with a few species naturalized elsewhere. It is an herbaceous plant with flower heads including white or yellow ray florets and yellow disc florets.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=108166 Flora of North America, Cota J. Gay ex Gussone, Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 866. 1845. ][http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Cota Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Cota]

;Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Cota The Plant List search for LPrPprCota]

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• Cota altissima (L.) J.Gay
• Cota amblyolepis (Eig) Holub
• Cota antitaurica (Grierson) Holub
• Cota austriaca (Jacq.) Sch.Bip.
• Cota brachmannii (Boiss. & Heldr.) Boiss.
• Cota coelopoda (Boiss.) Boiss.
• Cota dalmatica (Scheele) Oberpr. & Greuter
• Cota dipsacea (Bornm.) Oberpr. & Greuter
• Cota dubia (Steven) Holub
• Cota fulvida (Grierson) Holub
• Cota halophila (Boiss. & Balansa) Oberpr. & Greuter
• Cota jailensis (Zefir.) Holub
• Cota lyonnetioides Boiss. & Kotschy
• Cota macrantha (Heuff.) Boiss.
• Cota melanoloma (Trautv.) Holub
• Cota monantha (Willd.) Oberpr. & Greuter
• Cota oretana (Carretero) Oberpr. & Greuter
• Cota oxylepis Boiss.
• Cota palaestina Reut. ex Unger & Kotschy
• Cota pestalozzae (Boiss.) Boiss.
• Cota samuelssonii (Rech.f.) Oberpr. & Greuter
• Cota segetalis (Ten.) Holub
• Cota tinctoria (L.) J.Gay
• Cota triumfetti (L.) J.Gay
• Cota wiedemanniana (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Holub

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