Zotovia is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to New Zealand (including the Antipodean Islands).Tropicos, Zotovia Edgar & ConnorEdgar, Elizabeth & Connor, Henry Eamonn. 1998. New Zealand Journal of Botany 36: 569-575Zotov, Victor Dmitrievich. 1943. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 73: 235
The genus is named for Victor Dmitrievich Zotov (1908–1977), a botanist born in Vladivostok who migrated to New Zealand in 1924.
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Zotovia acicularis Edgar & Connor - South Island Zotovia colensoi (Hook.f.) Edgar & Connor - North + South Island Zotovia thomsonii (Petrie) Edgar & Connor - South Island, Antipodean Islands
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