Crucianella
Encyclopedia
Crucianella is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the Rubiaceae
family
. The species are annuals herbs found from the Mediterranean
to Central Asia
and the Arabian Peninsula
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
. The species are annuals herbs found from the Mediterranean
Mediterranean Basin
In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation...
to Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
and the Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula is a land mass situated north-east of Africa. Also known as Arabia or the Arabian subcontinent, it is the world's largest peninsula and covers 3,237,500 km2...
.
Species
- Crucianella aegyptiaca L.
- Crucianella angustifolia L.
- Crucianella arabica Schönb.-Tem. & Ehrend.
- Crucianella baldschuanica Krasch.
- Crucianella bithynica Boiss.
- Crucianella bouarfae Andreonszkyu
- Crucianella bucharica B.Fedtsch.
- Crucianella chlorostachys Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Crucianella ciliata Lam.
- Crucianella disticha Boiss.
- Crucianella exasperata Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Crucianella filifolia Regel & Schmalh.
- Crucianella gilanica Trin.
- Crucianella graeca Boiss.
- Crucianella hirta Pomel
- Crucianella imbricata Boiss.
- Crucianella kurdistanica Malin.
- Crucianella latifolia L.
- Crucianella macrostachya Boiss.
- Crucianella maritima L.
- Crucianella membranacea Boiss.
- Crucianella parviflora Ehrend.
- Crucianella patula L.
- Crucianella platyphylla Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem.
- Crucianella sabulosa Korovin & Krasch.
- Crucianella schischkinii Lincz.
- Crucianella sintenisii Bornm.
- Crucianella sorgerae Ehrend.
- Crucianella suaveolens C.A.Mey.
- Crucianella transjordanica Rech.f.