''Crusea'' (common name saucer flower) is a
genus of
angiosperms (flowering plants) in the
family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in the south-western United States (
Arizona and
New Mexico), Mexico, and Central America. A few species are naturalized in Cuba and
Puerto Rico.
[Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.]
Species
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Crusea andersoniorum''
Lorence –
Oaxaca
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Crusea calcicola
''Crusea'' (common name saucer flower) is a genus of angiosperms (flowering plants) in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in the south-western United States ( Arizona and New Mexico), Mexico, and Central America. A few species are natu ...
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Greenm –
San Luis Potosí
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,
Querétaro
Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...
,
Guerrero, Oaxaca, Honduras
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Crusea calocephala
''Crusea'' (common name saucer flower) is a genus of angiosperms (flowering plants) in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in the south-western United States ( Arizona and New Mexico), Mexico, and Central America. A few species are natu ...
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DC.
Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...
– widespread from
Tamaulipas to Honduras
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Crusea coccinea
''Crusea'' (common name saucer flower) is a genus of angiosperms (flowering plants) in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in the south-western United States ( Arizona and New Mexico), Mexico, and Central America. A few species are natu ...
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DC.
**''Crusea coccinea'' var. ''breviloba''
Loes. – from
Sinaloa
Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...
to Guatemala and Belize
**''Crusea coccinea'' var. ''chiriquensis''
W.R.Anderson – Costa Rica and Panama
**''Crusea coccinea'' var. ''coccinea'' – from
Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
to Oaxaca
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Crusea coronata
''Crusea'' (common name saucer flower) is a genus of angiosperms (flowering plants) in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in the south-western United States ( Arizona and New Mexico), Mexico, and Central America. A few species are natu ...
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B.L.Rob. & Greenm. – from
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
to Oaxaca
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Crusea diversifolia
''Crusea'' (common name saucer flower) is a genus of angiosperms (flowering plants) in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in the south-western United States ( Arizona and New Mexico), Mexico, and Central America. A few species are natu ...
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( Kunth) W.R.Anderson – widespread from
Arizona and
New Mexico to Guatemala
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Crusea hispida
''Crusea'' (common name saucer flower) is a genus of angiosperms (flowering plants) in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in the south-western United States ( Arizona and New Mexico), Mexico, and Central America. A few species are natu ...
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( Mill.) Rob.
**''Crusea hispida'' var. ''grandiflora''
(Paul G.Wilson) W.R.Anderson – Guerrero,
México State
The State of Mexico ( es, Estado de México; ), officially just Mexico ( es, México), is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Commonly known as Edomex (from ) to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is ...
,
Distrito Federal
**''Crusea hispida'' var. ''hispida'' – widespread across much of Mexico and naturalized in Cuba
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Crusea longiflora
''Crusea'' (common name saucer flower) is a genus of angiosperms (flowering plants) in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in the south-western United States ( Arizona and New Mexico), Mexico, and Central America. A few species are natu ...
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(Roem.
Johann Jacob Roemer (8 January 1763, Zurich – 15 January 1819) was a physician and professor of botany in Zurich, Switzerland. He was also an entomologist.
With Austrian botanist Joseph August Schultes, he published the 16th edition of Carl ...
& Schult.
Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (15 April 1773 in Vienna – 21 April 1831 in Landshut) was an Austrian botanist and professor from Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819), he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' ''Systema ...
) W.R.Anderson – widespread across much of Mexico and naturalized in
Puerto Rico
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Crusea lucida''
Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
– Sonora, Sinaloa, Jalisco,
Nayarit,
Colima,
Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...
, Guerrero
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Crusea megalocarpa''
(A.Gray
Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His '' Darwiniana'' was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exc ...
) S.Watson – widespread across much of Mexico
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Crusea parviflora''
Hook.
Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew h ...
& Arn.
George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist.
Early life
George Arnott Walker Arnott was born in Edinburgh in 1799, the son of David Walker Arnott of Arlary. He attended Milnathort Parish ...
– widespread across much of Mexico, south to Nicaragua
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Crusea psyllioides''
(Kunth) W.R.Anderson – widespread across much of Mexico
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Crusea pulcherrima''
Borhidi
Borhidi Attila (born 28 June 1932), is a Széchenyi Prize winning Hungarian botanist, ecologist, professor, politician and full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is most noted for his extensive work on plant taxonomy. 1989 to 1992, ...
& Salas-Mor. – Oaxaca
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Crusea setosa''
(M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl.
Paul Carpenter Standley (March 21, 1884 – June 2, 1963) was an American botanist known for his work on neotropical plants.
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Standley was born on March 21, 1884 in Avalon, Missouri. He attended Drury College in Springfield, Missouri an ...
& Steyerm.
Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae.
Life and work
Julian Alfred Steyermark was born in St. Louis, ...
– widespread across much of Mexico, south to Nicaragua
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Crusea wrightii''
A.Gray
**''Crusea wrightii'' var. ''angustifolia''
W.R.Anderson – central and southern Mexico
**''Crusea wrightii'' var. ''wrightii'' – widespread across much of Mexico, north into Arizona
References
External links
''Crusea'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
* ttp://unibio.unam.mx/irekani/handle/123456789/21056?proyecto=Irekani Irekani, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicobr>Gardening EuropePhoto of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of ''Crusea wrightii'' var. ''angustifolia'', collected in Guerrero
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Rubiaceae genera
Spermacoceae
Flora of Central America