''Cruciata'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
family
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Rubiaceae
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. It is found in
Europe
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, northern
Africa
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, and across southern and central
Asia
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from
Turkey
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to the western
Himalaya
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and north to the
Altay region of
Siberia
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.
Species
* ''
Cruciata articulata''
(L.) Ehrend - Middle-East from Egypt and Turkey to Caucasus and Iran; also Crimea
* ''
Cruciata elbrussica
''Cruciata'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Europe, northern Africa, and across southern and central Asia from Turkey to the western Himalaya and north to the Altay region of Siberia.
Species
* '' Cruci ...
''
(Pobed.) Pobed. - Caucasus
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Cruciata glabra
''Cruciata glabra'', smooth crosswort, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Cruciata'', native to Morocco, Algeria, southern, central and eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, the Altai, and western Siberia. It is often found in bee ...
''
(L.) Opiz - Southern Europe from Portugal to Russia; also Algeria, Morocco, the Caucasus and the Altay region of Siberia
* ''
Cruciata x grecescui''
(Prodan) Soo - ''C. glabra × C. laevipes''- Romania
* ''
Cruciata laevipes
''Cruciata laevipes'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is commonly known as crosswort, smooth bedstraw or Luc na croise in Gaelic. The Latin epithet ''laevipes'' refers to the smooth stalk.
The common name crosswort ...
''
Opiz - Europe from Britain and Portugal to Russia; also Iran, Turkey, Caucasus and the Western Himalayas
* ''
Cruciata mixta''
Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem. - Turkey
* ''
Cruciata pedemontana''
(Bellardi) Ehrend. - Central and southern Europe, Morocco; also Middle East from Palestine and Turkey to Afghanistan
* ''
Cruciata taurica''
(Pall. ex Willd.) Ehrend. - from Greece and Palestine east to Turkmenistan
* ''
Cruciata valentinae''
(Galushko) Galushko - Transcaucasus
References
External links
''Cruciata'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Rubieae
Taxa named by Philip Miller
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