Crusea
Crusea is a genus of angiosperms in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in the south-western United States, Mexico, and Central America. A few species are naturalized in Cuba and Puerto Rico.
Species
- Crusea andersoniorum Lorence – Oaxaca
- Crusea calcicola Greenm – San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Honduras
- Crusea calocephala DC. – widespread from Tamaulipas to Honduras
- Crusea coccinea DC.
- *Crusea coccinea var. breviloba Loes. – from Sinaloa to Guatemala and Belize
- *Crusea coccinea var. chiriquensis W.R.Anderson – Costa Rica and Panama
- *Crusea coccinea var. coccinea – from Jalisco to Oaxaca
- Crusea coronata B.L.Rob. & Greenm. – from Sonora to Oaxaca
- Crusea diversifolia W.R.Anderson – widespread from Arizona and New Mexico to Guatemala
- Crusea hispida Rob.
- *Crusea hispida var. grandiflora W.R.Anderson – Guerrero, México State, Distrito Federal
- *Crusea hispida var. hispida – widespread across much of Mexico and naturalized in Cuba
- Crusea longiflora W.R.Anderson – widespread across much of Mexico and naturalized in Puerto Rico
- Crusea lucida Benth. – Sonora, Sinaloa, Jalisco, Nayarit, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero
- Crusea megalocarpa S.Watson – widespread across much of Mexico
- Crusea parviflora Hook. & Arn. – widespread across much of Mexico, south to Nicaragua
- Crusea psyllioides W.R.Anderson – widespread across much of Mexico
- Crusea pulcherrima Borhidi & Salas-Mor. – Oaxaca
- Crusea setosa Standl. & Steyerm. – 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