''Crossandra'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
s in the family
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in tem ...
, comprising 54
species that occur in
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
,
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
,
Arabia
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plat ...
and the
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...
. Some species, especially ''
Crossandra infundibuliformis'', are cultivated for their brightly colored flowers.
Image:Crossandra infundibuliformis 2008.JPG, ''Crossandra infundibuliformis''
Image:Crossandra Fortuna.JPG, A Photo of ''Crossandra'' 'Fortuna'
Species
Species in the genus include:
* ''
Crossandra acutiloba''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra albolineata''
Benoist
* ''
Crossandra angolensis''
S.Moore
* ''
Crossandra arenicola''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra armandii''
Benoist
* ''
Crossandra baccarinii''
Fiori
* ''
Crossandra benoistii''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra cephalostachya''
Mildbr.
* ''
Crossandra cinnabarina''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra cloiselii''
S.Moore
* ''
Crossandra douillotii''
Benoist
* ''
Crossandra flava''
Hook.
* ''
Crossandra flavicaulis''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra friesiorum''
Mildbr.
* ''
Crossandra fruticulosa''
Lindau
* ''
Crossandra grandidieri''
(Baill.) Benoist
* ''
Crossandra greenstockii''
S.Moore
* ''
Crossandra horrida''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra humbertii''
Benoist
* ''
Crossandra infundibuliformis''
(L.) Nees
* ''
Crossandra isaloensis''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra johanninae
''Crossandra'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae, comprising 54 species that occur in Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiog ...
''
Fiori
* ''
Crossandra leikipiensis''
Schweinf.
* ''
Crossandra leucodonta''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra longehirsuta''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra longipes''
S.Moore
* ''
Crossandra longispica''
Benoist
* ''
Crossandra massaica''
Mildbr.
* ''
Crossandra mucronata''
Lindau
* ''
Crossandra multidentata''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra nilotica''
Oliv.
* ''
Crossandra nobilis''
Benoist
* ''
Crossandra obanensis''
Heine
* ''
Crossandra pilosa''
( Benoist) Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra pinguior''
S.Moore
* ''
Crossandra poissonii''
Benoist
* ''
Crossandra praecox''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra primuloides''
Lindau
* ''
Crossandra puberula''
Klotzsch
* ''
Crossandra pungens''
Lindau
* ''
Crossandra pyrophila''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra quadridentata''
Benoist
* ''
Crossandra raripila''
Benoist
* ''
Crossandra rupestris''
Benoist
* ''
Crossandra spinescens''
Dunkley
* ''
Crossandra spinosa''
Beck
* ''
Crossandra stenandrium''
(Nees) Lindau
* ''
Crossandra stenostachya''
(Lindau) C.B.Clarke
* ''
Crossandra strobilifera''
(Lam.) Benoist
* ''
Crossandra subacaulis''
C.B.Clarke
* ''
Crossandra sulphurea''
G.Taylor
* ''
Crossandra tridentata''
Lindau
* ''
Crossandra tsingyensis''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra vestita''
Benoist
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q137288
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae genera