# Crucianella > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Crucianella > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Crucianella.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucianella > Source revision: 1354652752 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Genus of plants Crossworts Crucianella macrostachya Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Rubiaceae Subfamily: Rubioideae Tribe: Rubieae Genus: Crucianella L. Type species Crucianella latifolia L. Synonyms Mappia Hablitz ex Ledeb. Rubeola Mill. ***Crucianella*** (common name **crossworts**) is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Rubiaceae](/source/Rubiaceae). The species are annual herbs found from the [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean_Basin) to [Central Asia](/source/Central_Asia) and the [Arabian Peninsula](/source/Arabian_Peninsula).[1] One species (*[C. angustifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_angustifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)*) is naturalized in northern [California](/source/California), southern [Oregon](/source/Oregon) ([Josephine County](/source/Josephine_County)), and [Idaho](/source/Idaho) ([Clearwater County](/source/Clearwater_County%2C_Idaho)).[2] ## Species - *[Crucianella aegyptiaca](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_aegyptiaca&action=edit&redlink=1)* [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) - *[Crucianella angustifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_angustifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)* [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) - *[Crucianella arabica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_arabica&action=edit&redlink=1)* Schönb.-Tem. & [Ehrend.](/source/Friedrich_Ehrendorfer) - *[Crucianella baldschuanica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_baldschuanica&action=edit&redlink=1)* Krasch. - *[Crucianella bithynica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_bithynica&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Boiss.](/source/Pierre_Edmond_Boissier) - *[Crucianella bouarfae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_bouarfae&action=edit&redlink=1)* Andreonszkyu - *[Crucianella bucharica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_bucharica&action=edit&redlink=1)* B.Fedtsch. - *[Crucianella chlorostachys](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_chlorostachys&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Fisch.](/source/Friedrich_Ernst_Ludwig_von_Fischer) & [C.A.Mey.](/source/Carl_Anton_von_Meyer) - *[Crucianella ciliata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_ciliata&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Lam.](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck) - *[Crucianella disticha](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_disticha&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Boiss.](/source/Pierre_Edmond_Boissier) - *[Crucianella divaricata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_divaricata&action=edit&redlink=1)* Korovin - *[Crucianella exasperata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_exasperata&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Fisch.](/source/Friedrich_Ernst_Ludwig_von_Fischer) & [C.A.Mey.](/source/Carl_Anton_von_Meyer) - *[Crucianella filifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_filifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)* Regel & Schmalh. - *[Crucianella gilanica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_gilanica&action=edit&redlink=1)* Trin. - *[Crucianella graeca](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_graeca&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Boiss.](/source/Pierre_Edmond_Boissier) - *[Crucianella hirta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_hirta&action=edit&redlink=1)* Pomel - *[Crucianella imbricata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_imbricata&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Boiss.](/source/Pierre_Edmond_Boissier) - *[Crucianella kurdistanica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_kurdistanica&action=edit&redlink=1)* Malin. - *[Crucianella latifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_latifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)* [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) - *[Crucianella macrostachya](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_macrostachya&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Boiss.](/source/Pierre_Edmond_Boissier) - *[Crucianella maritima](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_maritima&action=edit&redlink=1)* [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) - *[Crucianella membranacea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_membranacea&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Boiss.](/source/Pierre_Edmond_Boissier) - *[Crucianella parviflora](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_parviflora&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Ehrend.](/source/Friedrich_Ehrendorfer) - *[Crucianella patula](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_patula&action=edit&redlink=1)* [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) - *[Crucianella platyphylla](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_platyphylla&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Ehrend.](/source/Friedrich_Ehrendorfer) & Schönb.-Tem. - *[Crucianella sabulosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_sabulosa&action=edit&redlink=1)* Korovin & Krasch. - *[Crucianella schischkinii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_schischkinii&action=edit&redlink=1)* Lincz. - *[Crucianella sintenisii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_sintenisii&action=edit&redlink=1)* Bornm. - *[Crucianella sorgerae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_sorgerae&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Ehrend.](/source/Friedrich_Ehrendorfer) - *[Crucianella suaveolens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_suaveolens&action=edit&redlink=1)* [C.A.Mey.](/source/Carl_Anton_von_Meyer) - *[Crucianella transjordanica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_transjordanica&action=edit&redlink=1)* Rech.f. ## Image gallery - *[Crucianella angustifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_angustifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)* - *[Crucianella maritima](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crucianella_maritima&action=edit&redlink=1)* ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, *Crucianella*](http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=51594) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Biota of North America Program, *Crucianella angustifolia*](http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Crucianella%20angustifolia.png) ## External links - [World Checklist of Rubiaceae](http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/rubiaceae/) Taxon identifiers Crucianella Wikidata: Q2722803 Wikispecies: Crucianella APDB: 189791 CoL: 8VT45 EoL: 29793 EPPO: 1CNLG GBIF: 2900981 GRIN: 3110 iNaturalist: 72075 IPNI: 34431-1 IRMNG: 1267513 ITIS: 500223 NBN: NHMSYS0000457737 NCBI: 25103 Open Tree of Life: 872495 PLANTS: CRUCI POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30040449-2 Tropicos: 40017019 WFO: wfo-4000009801 This Rubioideae-related article is a stub. 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