{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Italic title}} {{automatic taxobox |name = Crossworts |image = Crucianella macrostachya 1.JPG |image_caption = ''[[Crucianella macrostachya]]'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Crucianella |authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] |type_species = ''[[Crucianella latifolia]]'' |type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] |synonyms = *''Mappia'' <small>Hablitz ex Ledeb.</small> *''Rubeola'' <small>[[Philip Miller|Mill.]]</small> }}
'''''Crucianella''''' (common name '''crossworts''') is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Rubiaceae]]. The species are annual herbs found from the [[Mediterranean Basin|Mediterranean]] to [[Central Asia]] and the [[Arabian Peninsula]].<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=51594 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Crucianella'' ]</ref> One species (''[[Crucianella angustifolia|C. angustifolia]]'') is naturalized in northern [[California]], southern [[Oregon]] ([[Josephine County]]), and [[Idaho]] ([[Clearwater County, Idaho|Clearwater County]]).<ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Crucianella%20angustifolia.png Biota of North America Program, ''Crucianella angustifolia'']</ref>
==Species== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''[[Crucianella aegyptiaca]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella angustifolia]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella arabica]]'' <small>Schönb.-Tem. & [[Friedrich Ehrendorfer|Ehrend.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella baldschuanica]]'' <small>Krasch.</small> *''[[Crucianella bithynica]]'' <small>[[Pierre Edmond Boissier|Boiss.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella bouarfae]]'' <small>Andreonszkyu</small> *''[[Crucianella bucharica]]'' <small>B.Fedtsch.</small> *''[[Crucianella chlorostachys]]'' <small>[[Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer|Fisch.]] & [[Carl Anton von Meyer|C.A.Mey.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella ciliata]]'' <small>[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lam.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella disticha]]'' <small>[[Pierre Edmond Boissier|Boiss.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella divaricata]]'' <small>Korovin</small> *''[[Crucianella exasperata]]'' <small>[[Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer|Fisch.]] & [[Carl Anton von Meyer|C.A.Mey.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella filifolia]]'' <small>Regel & Schmalh.</small> *''[[Crucianella gilanica]]'' <small>Trin.</small> *''[[Crucianella graeca]]'' <small>[[Pierre Edmond Boissier|Boiss.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella hirta]]'' <small>Pomel</small> *''[[Crucianella imbricata]]'' <small>[[Pierre Edmond Boissier|Boiss.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella kurdistanica]]'' <small>Malin.</small> *''[[Crucianella latifolia]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella macrostachya]]'' <small>[[Pierre Edmond Boissier|Boiss.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella maritima]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella membranacea]]'' <small>[[Pierre Edmond Boissier|Boiss.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella parviflora]]'' <small>[[Friedrich Ehrendorfer|Ehrend.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella patula]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella platyphylla]]'' <small>[[Friedrich Ehrendorfer|Ehrend.]] & Schönb.-Tem.</small> *''[[Crucianella sabulosa]]'' <small>Korovin & Krasch.</small> *''[[Crucianella schischkinii]]'' <small>Lincz.</small> *''[[Crucianella sintenisii]]'' <small>Bornm.</small> *''[[Crucianella sorgerae]]'' <small>[[Friedrich Ehrendorfer|Ehrend.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella suaveolens]]'' <small>[[Carl Anton von Meyer|C.A.Mey.]]</small> *''[[Crucianella transjordanica]]'' <small>Rech.f.</small> {{div col end}}
==Image gallery== <gallery> Crucianella angustifolia.JPG|''[[Crucianella angustifolia]]'' Crucianella maritima 1.JPG|''[[Crucianella maritima]]'' </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/rubiaceae/ World Checklist of Rubiaceae]
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[[Category:Rubiaceae genera]] [[Category:Rubieae]] [[Category:Flora of Europe]] [[Category:Flora of Central Asia]] [[Category:Flora of California]] [[Category:Flora of Oregon]] [[Category:Flora of Idaho]]
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