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492.0000 Family Rubiaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 196 (1789), nom. cons.
589 genera, ca. 14.200 spp. mostly tropics, comparably few temperate. Phylogeny: Razafimandimbison & Rydin (2024)
Species listed in database: 14370; hybrids: 47
= Aparinaceae Hoffmanns. & Link; Fl. Portug. [Hoffmannsegg] 2: 3, 38 (1813-1829)
= Asperulaceae Cham. ex Spenn.; Handb. Angew. Bot. 2: 493 (1835)
= Catesbaeaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 111 (1820)
= Cephalanthaceae Raf.; Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 6: 86 (1820)
= Cinchonaceae Batsch; Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 234 (1802)
= Coffeaceae Batsch; Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 233 (1802)
= Coutareaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 168 (1820)
= Dialypetalanthaceae Rizzini & Occhioni; Lilloa 17: 253 (1948), nom. cons.
= Galiaceae Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 249 (1836)
= Gardeniaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 29, 32 (1829)
= Guettardaceae Batsch; Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 235 (1802)
= Hameliaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 31 (1835)
= Hedyotidaceae Dumort.; Commentat. Bot. [Dumortier] 57 (1822)
= Henriqueziaceae Bremek.; Acta Bot. Neerl. 6 (Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 141): 371 (1957)
= Houstoniaceae Raf.; Good Book 21 (1840)
= Hydrophylacaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 318 (1820)
= Lippayaceae Meisn.; Pl. Vasc. Gen. [Meisner], Tab. Diagn. 156, Comm. 112 (1838)
= Lygodisodeaceae Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 123, 207 (1830)
= Naucleaceae Wernham; New Phytol. 11: 225 (1912)
= Nonateliaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 420 (1820)
= Operculariaceae Juss. ex Perleb; Vers. Arzneikr. Pfl. 207 (1818)
= Pagamaeaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 447 (1820)
= Psychotriaceae F.Rudolphi; Syst. Orb. Veg. 49 (1830)
= Randiaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 534 (1820)
= Sabiceaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 555 (1820)
= Spermacoceaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 256 (1820)
= Theligonaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 15, 17 (1829), nom. cons.
492.3045 Genus Crusea Cham. & Schltdl.; Linnaea 5: 165 (1830)
Distribution: S-USA (Arizona and New Mexico), Mexico, C-America southward to N-Panama
Species listed in database: 15
species :
Crusea andersoniorum Lorence; Novon 7(1): 57 (1997)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)
79 MEX
species :
Crusea calcicola Greenm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 32: 305 (1897)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla); Honduras
79 MEX 80 HON
species :
Crusea calocephala DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 567 (1830)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras
79 MEX 80 BLZ ELS GUA HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Crusea elata Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 68 (1914)
= Crusea guatemalensis Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 34 (1918)
= Crusea hispidula Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 57 (1881)
= Crusea violacea Brongn. ex Neumann; Rev. Hort. (Paris), Sér. 2, 4: 368 (1846)
species :
Crusea coccinea (Sessé & Moc.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 567 (1830)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras
79 MEX 80 GUA HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Crusea coccinea var. pubescens Greenm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 32: 306 (1897)
= Spermacoce coccinea Pav. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 567 (1830), pro syn.
= Spermacoce coccinea Sessé & Moc.; Fl. Mexic. 24 (1893)
variant :
var. breviloba Loes.; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 65: 115 (1923)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Sinaloa); Guatemala; El Salvador
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA
variant :
var. chiriquensis W.R.Anderson; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22(4): 45 (1972)
Distribution:
Error
Synonyms: hidden
= Crusea coccinea var. chiriquiensis W.R.Anderson; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22: 45 (1972)
= Crusea coccinea subsp. chiriquensis (W.R.Anderson) Borhidi; Rubiác. México 153 (2006)
species :
Crusea coronata B.L.Rob. & Greenm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 29: 387 (1894)
Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Colima, Jalisco, Mexico State, Morelos, Nayarit, San Luis Potosí, Sonora)
79 MEX
species :
Crusea hispida (Mill.) B.L.Rob.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 45: 409 (1910)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán, Zacatecas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Cuba
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA HON 81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Crucianella hispida Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 4 (1768)
= Crusea aspera Bartl.; Linnaea 14: 124 (1840)
= Crusea rosea Loes.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 362 (1922)
= Crusea rubra (Jacq.) Schltdl. & Cham.; Linnaea 5: 165 (1830)
= Spermacoce capitata Sessé & Moc.; Naturaleza (Mexico City), Ser. 2, 1(App.): 17 (1888), nom. illeg.
= Spermacoce longiflora Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 3: 346 (1819), nom. illeg.
= Spermacoce rubra Jacq.; Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 3 (1798)
= Spermacoce strigosa Sims; Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1558 (1813), non L.
variant :
var. grandiflora (Paul G.Wilson) W.R.Anderson; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22(4): 115 (1972)
Distribution:
Error
Synonyms: hidden
= Crusea grandiflora Wilson; Kew Bull. 13: 161 (1958)
= Crusea hispida var. grandiflora (Wilson) W.R.Anderson; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22: 115 (1972)
= Crusea grandiflora Paul G.Wilson; Kew Bull. 13: 161 (1958)
= Crusea hispida subsp. grandiflora (Paul G.Wilson) Borhidi; Rubiác. México 155 (2006)
species :
Crusea longiflora (Roem. & Schult.) W.R.Anderson; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22: 89 (1972)
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Crusea brachyphylla f. microcephala Loes.; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 65: 115 (1923)
= Crusea brachyphylla Schltdl. & Cham.; Linnaea 5: 165 (1830)
= Crusea chiapensis Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6. 374 (1917)
= Spermacoce longiflora Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 3: 531 (1818)
= Spermacoce repens Sessé & Moc.; Fl. Mexic. 23 (1893), nom. illeg.
= Spermacoce tenuiflora Sessé & Moc.; Fl. Mexic. 24 (1893)
species :
Crusea lucida Benth.; Bot. Voy. Sulphur [Bentham] 109 (1845)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Crusea gentryi Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 112 (1940)
species :
Crusea megalocarpa (A.Gray) S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 137 (1891)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Spermacoce megalocarpa A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 381 (1886)
species :
Crusea parviflora Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. [Hooker & Arnott] 430 (1840)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Crusea subalata Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. [Hooker & Arnott] 431 (1840)
species :
Crusea psyllioides (Kunth) W.R.Anderson; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22: 75 (1972)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Borreria auriculata Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 10: 417 (1924)
= Crusea palmeri A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 381 (1886), nomen
= Crusea villosa S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 152 (1890)
= Spermacoce psyllioides Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 3: 346 (1818)
species :
Crusea pulcherrima Borhidi & Salas-Mor.; Acta Bot. Hung. 50(3-4): 293 (2008)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)
79 MEX
species :
Crusea setosa (M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl. & Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 22 (1943)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sonora, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Nicaragua
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Borreria chiapensis Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 10: 417 (1924)
= Borreria setosa M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(1): 131 (1844)
= Crusea cruciata S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 152 (1890)
= Crusea cruciata var. villosior Greenm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 32: 306 (1897)
= Crusea longibracteata Benth.; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 1, 3: 28 (1853)
= Spermacoce setosa (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 60 (1881)
species :
Crusea simplex (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) J.H.Kirkbr. & Wiersema; Taxon 69(3): 609 (2020)
Name: Mountain saucerflower
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán, Zacatecas); Guatemala
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 80 GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Borreria subulata DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 543 (1830)
= Crusea diversifolia (Kunth) W.R.Anderson; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22(4): 58 (1972)
= Crusea subulata (DC.) A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 78 (1883), nom. illeg.
= Crusea subulata var. leiocarpa Greenm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 40: 33 (1904)
= Diodia subulata (DC.) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 386 (1931)
= Knoxia simplex Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 3: 532 (1818), nom. illeg.
= Spermacoce diversifolia Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 3: 341 (1819), nom. superfl.
= Spermacoce subulata (DC.) Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer. Bot. 2: 60 (1881)
species :
Crusea wrightii A.Gray; Pl. Wright. [A.Gray] 2: 68 (1853)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Sonora)
79 MEX
variant :
var. angustifolia W.R.Anderson; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22: 108 (1972)
Distribution: Mexico (Michoacán, etc.)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Crusea wrightii subsp. angustifolia (W.R.Anderson) Borhidi; Rubiác. Mexico 161 (2006)
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