''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
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,
Madagascar
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,
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
''Crossandra'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae, comprising 54 species that occur in Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species, especially '' Crossandra infundibuliformis'', are cultivated for their brigh ...
''
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
''Crossandra'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae, comprising 54 species that occur in Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species, especially '' Crossandra infundibuliformis'', are cultivated for their brigh ...
''
Lindau
* ''
Crossandra grandidieri
''Crossandra'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae, comprising 54 species that occur in Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species, especially '' Crossandra infundibuliformis'', are cultivated for their brigh ...
''
(Baill.) Benoist
* ''
Crossandra greenstockii
''Crossandra'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae, comprising 54 species that occur in Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species, especially '' Crossandra infundibuliformis'', are cultivated for their brigh ...
''
S.Moore
* ''
Crossandra horrida
''Crossandra'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae, comprising 54 species that occur in Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species, especially '' Crossandra infundibuliformis'', are cultivated for their brigh ...
''
Vollesen
* ''
Crossandra humbertii
''Crossandra'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae, comprising 54 species that occur in Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species, especially '' Crossandra infundibuliformis'', are cultivated for their brigh ...
''
Benoist
* ''
Crossandra infundibuliformis''
(L.) Nees
* ''
Crossandra isaloensis
''Crossandra'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae, comprising 54 species that occur in Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species, especially '' Crossandra infundibuliformis'', are cultivated for their brigh ...
''
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