''Crusea'' (common name saucer flower) is a
genus
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of
angiosperms
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(flowering plants) in the
family
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Rubiaceae
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. The genus is found in the south-western United States (
Arizona
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and
New Mexico
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), Mexico, and Central America. A few species are naturalized in Cuba and
Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
.
[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''
Greenm –
San Luis Potosí
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It ...
,
Querétaro
Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...
,
Guerrero
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, Oaxaca, Honduras
*''
Crusea calocephala''
DC.
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– widespread from
Tamaulipas
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It is located in nor ...
to Honduras
*''
Crusea coccinea''
DC.
**''Crusea coccinea'' var. ''breviloba''
Loes. – from
Sinaloa
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It is located in northwest Mexic ...
to Guatemala and Belize
**''Crusea coccinea'' var. ''chiriquensis''
W.R.Anderson – Costa Rica and Panama
**''Crusea coccinea'' var. ''coccinea'' – from
Jalisco
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to Oaxaca
*''
Crusea coronata''
B.L.Rob. & Greenm. – from
Sonora
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to Oaxaca
*''
Crusea diversifolia''
(Kunth
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) W.R.Anderson – widespread from
Arizona
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and
New Mexico
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to Guatemala
*''
Crusea hispida''
(Mill.
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) Rob.
**''Crusea hispida'' var. ''grandiflora''
(Paul G.Wilson) W.R.Anderson – Guerrero,
México State
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,
Distrito Federal
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**''Crusea hispida'' var. ''hispida'' – widespread across much of Mexico and naturalized in Cuba
*''
Crusea longiflora''
(Roem.
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With Austrian botanist Joseph August Schultes, he published the 16th edition of ...
& Schult.) W.R.Anderson – widespread across much of Mexico and naturalized in
Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
*''
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
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,
Colima
Colima, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, is among the 31 states that make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima.
Colima is a small state of western Mexico on the cen ...
,
Michoacán
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, Guerrero
*''
Crusea megalocarpa''
( A.Gray) S.Watson – widespread across much of Mexico
*''
Crusea parviflora''
Hook.
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& Arn.
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– widespread across much of Mexico, south to Nicaragua
*''
Crusea psyllioides''
(Kunth) W.R.Anderson – widespread across much of Mexico
*''
Crusea pulcherrima''
Borhidi & Salas-Mor. – Oaxaca
*''
Crusea setosa''
(M.Martens & Galeotti) Standl. & 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
*''
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