Cruciata

Cruciata glabra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
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

• Miller, P. 1754. The Gardeners Dictionary. Abridged. Ed. 4, Vol. 1–3 (unpaged). John & James Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.79061 Reference page. 
• Druce in Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles, 3: 431 (1913).

Vernacular names

čeština: svízelka
Deutsch: Kreuz-Labkräuter
eesti: Ristmadar
suomi: Ristimatarat
français: Gaillet croisette
hornjoserbsce: Sydrik
lietuvių: Kimbara
Nederlands: Kruisbladwalstro
polski: Przytulinka
slovenčina: krížavka
svenska: Korsmåror
українська: Круціата

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