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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]

Zotovia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Oryzoideae
Tribe:	Ehrharteae
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)

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

Species[2]

• Zotovia acicularis Edgar & Connor - South Island
• Zotovia colensoi (Hook.f.) Edgar & Connor - North + South Island
• Zotovia thomsonii (Petrie) Edgar & Connor - South Island, Antipodean Islands

References

Wikispecies has information related to Zotovia.

• "Zoysia Willd". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.

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