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Cota (plant)
''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 floret The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...s. ;Species References External links * * Asteraceae genera Anthemideae {{Asteroideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaques Étienne Gay
Jaques Étienne Gay (1786 in Switzerland – 1864) was a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist. His name is associated with plants in standardised botanical nomenclature, e.g. ''Crocus sieberi'' J.Gay. He was the most famous of the students of botanist Jean François Aimée Gaudin with whom he began collecting plants at the age of 14. He was married to Rosalie Nillion. The botanical genus '' Gaya'' was named in his honour, as well as the genus '' Neogaya'' belonging to the family Apiaceae. Also the species '' Potamogeton gayi'' in 1892. Publications * Gay, Jacques Etienne. 1857. Recherches sur les caractères de la végétation du fraisier et sur la distribution géographique de ses espèces, avec la description de deux nouvelles. ''Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Botanique)'' 4th ser. 8: 185–208 * Gay, Jacques Etienne. 1821. ''Monographie des cinq genres de plantes que comprend la tribu des Lasiopetalées dans la famille des Buttneriacées.'' R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
