Crucianella

Crucianella maritima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Rubieae
Genus: Crucianella
Species: C. aegyptiaca – C. angustifolia – C. bithynica – C. bouarfae – C. chlorostachys – C. ciliata – C. disticha – C. exasperata – C. gilanica – C. graeca – C. hirta – C. imbricata – C. kurdistanica – C. latifolia – C. macrostachya – C. maritima – C. membranacea – C. parviflora – C. patula – C. sorgerae – C. suaveolens – C. transjordanica – C. turcica

Name

Crucianella L., Sp. Pl.: 109 (1753).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
• Rubeola Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754).
• Mappia Hablitz ex Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 2: 403 (1844).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Krym. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Caucasus Transcaucasus. Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Arabian Peninsula Kuwait, Saudi Arabia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 109. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Crucianella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Crucianella. Published online. Accessed: January 2 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Crucianella. Accessed: 2 January 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Crucianella. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 2. Reference page. 

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