Zotovia

Zotovia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Zotovia
Edgar & Connor
Type species
Zotovia colensoi
(Hook.f.) Edgar & Connor[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Petriella Zotov 1943, illegitimate homonym not Curzi 1930 (a fungus in Microascaceae)
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Zotovia is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to New Zealand (including the Antipodean Islands).[1][3][4]

The genus is named for Victor Dmitrievich Zotov (1908–1977), a botanist born in Vladivostok but migrating to New Zealand in 1924.[5]

Species[2]
  1. Zotovia acicularis Edgar & Connor - South Island
  2. Zotovia colensoi (Hook.f.) Edgar & Connor - North + South Island
  3. Zotovia thomsonii (Petrie) Edgar & Connor - South Island, Antipodean Islands

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, Zotovia Edgar & Connor
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Edgar, Elizabeth & Connor, Henry Eamonn. 1998. New Zealand Journal of Botany 36: 569-575
  4. ↑ Zotov, Victor Dmitrievich. 1943. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 73: 235
  5. ↑ Dell, R. K. "Zotov, Victor Dmitrievich 1908 - 1977". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.