Cruciata

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: Cruciata
Overview of species

C. articulata – C. glabra – C. laevipes – C. taurica
Name

Cruciata Mill.
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Europe
Northern Europe
Great Britain.
Middle Europe
Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
Southwestern Europe
Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
Southeastern Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
Eastern Europe
Belarus, Krym, Central European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Morocco.
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia.
Middle Asia
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
Caucasus
North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
Western Asia
Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
West Himalaya.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. (1754); Druce in Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles, 3: 431 (1913).

Vernacular names
čeština: svízelka
eesti: Ristmadar
suomi: Ristimatarat
hornjoserbsce: Sydrik
lietuvių: Kimbara
polski: Przytulinka
slovenčina: krížavka
svenska: Korsmåror
українська: Круціата

Cruciata is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Europe, northern Africa, and across southern and central Asia from Turkey to the western Himalaya and north to the Altay region of Siberia.[1]
Species

Cruciata articulata (L.) Ehrend - Middle-East from Egypt and Turkey to Caucasus and Iran; also Crimea
Cruciata elbrussica (Pobed.) Pobed. - Caucasus
Cruciata glabra (L.) Opiz - Southern Europe from Portugal to Russia; also Algeria, Morocco, the Caucasus and the Altay region of Siberia
Cruciata x grecescui (Prodan) Soo - C. glabra × C. laevipes- Romania
Cruciata laevipes Opiz - Europe from Britain and Portugal to Russia; also Iran, Turkey, Caucasus and the Western Himalayas
Cruciata mixta Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem. - Turkey
Cruciata pedemontana (Bellardi) Ehrend. - Central and southern Europe, Morocco; also Middle East from Palestine and Turkey to Afghanistan
Cruciata taurica (Pall. ex Willd.) Ehrend. - from Greece and Palestine east to Turkmenistan
Cruciata valentinae (Galushko) Galushko - Transcaucasus

References

"Cruciata in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved April 2014