Crusea cruciata S. Watson var. villosior 

 Greenm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 32: 306. 

 1897. Type: MEXICO: Jalisco, Guadalajara, 

 Jul-Oct 1886, E. Palmer 901 (Lectotype GH, 

 n.v.; Isolectotype US; designated by 

 Anderson, 1972: 83).— Crusea setosa (M. 

 Martens & Galeotti) Standi. & Steyerm. 



Crusea diversifolia (Kunth) W. R. Anderson, 

 Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22: 58. 1972. 

 Spermacoce diversifolia Kunth in Humb., 

 Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. PI. 3: 341. 

 1818 [1819]. Type: MEXICO: Guanajuato, 

 Santa Rosa de la Sierra, Humboldt & 

 Bonplands.n. (Holotype P-Bonpland, n.v. 

 (photos F, MO)). 



Crusea elata Brandegee, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 

 6: 68. 1914. Type: MEXICO: Chiapas, Sierra 

 de Tonala, Sep 1913, C A. Purpus 6640 

 (Holotype UC 172353 (n.v.); Isotypes BM, 

 n.v., F, GH, n.v., NY, n.v., US (photos 

 MEXU, PTBG)). Listed in synonymy under 

 Crusea calocephala by Anderson (1972), but 

 it actually represents a valid species (W. R. 

 Anderson, pers. comm. 1984). 



Crusea gentryi Standi., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. 

 Hist, Bot. Ser. 22: 1 12. 1940. Type: 

 MEXICO: Sonora: Alamos Distr., Quirocoba, 

 12 Nov 1923, H S. Gentry 766M (Holotype F 

 968108 (photo PTBG); Isotype MICH, n.v.). 

 — Crusea lucida Benth. 



Crusea grandiflora Paul G. Wilson, Kew Bull 

 13: 161. 1958. Type: MEXICO: Mexico, 

 Distr. Temascaltepec, Tenayac, 1540 m, 28 

 Sep 1933, G. B. Hinton 4848 (Lectotype K, 

 n.v.; designated by Anderson, 1972). 

 —Crusea hispida (Mill.) B. L. Rob. var. 

 grandiflora 



Crusea guatemalensis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 France 65: 34. 1918. Type: GUATEMALA: 

 Alta Verapaz, H. von Tuerckheim s.n. 

 (Holotype presumably P, n.v.).— Crusea 

 calocephala DC. 



Crusea hispida (Mill.) B. L. Rob., Proc. Amer. 

 Acad. Arts 45: 409. 1910. var. hispida. 

 Crucianella hispida Mill, Gard. Diet., ed. 8, 

 no. 4. 1768. Type: MEXICO: Veracruz, 

 grown at Chelsea from seed sent by Houstoun, 

 Miller s.n. (Holotype BM, n.v. (photo US)). 



i (Mill.) B. L. Rob. var. 

 l (Paul G. Wilson) W. R. 

 Anderson, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22: 

 115. 1972. Crusea grandiflora Paul G. 

 Wilson, Kew. Bull. 13: 161. 1958. Type: 

 MEXICO: Mexico, G. B. Hinton 4848 

 (Holotype K, n.v.). 



Crusea hispidula Bartl., Ind. Sem. Hort. 

 Gotting. 1839: 3. 1839. Type: Herb. Fischer, a 

 garden specimen grown during Bartling's 

 tenure (Holotype GOET (n.v.)).— Crusea 

 calocephala DC. 



Crusea longibracteata Benth. in Oerst, 

 Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk. Naturhist. Foren. 

 Kjoebenhavn 1852: 28. 1853. Type: 

 NICARAGUA: Granada, Jun 1846, Oersted 

 s.n. (Holotype, K, n.v.; Isotype US)). 

 —Crusea setosa (M. Martens & Galeotti) 

 Standi. & Steyerm. 



Crusea longiflora (Willd. ex Roem. & 

 Schultes) W. R. Anderson, Mem. New York 

 Bot. Gard. 22: 89. 1972. Spermacoce 

 longiflora Willd. ex Roem. & Schultes, Syst. 

 Veg. 3: 531. 1818. Type: MEXICO: 

 Michoacan, near Ario [de Rosales], and 

 Mexico City, Humboldt & Bonplands.n. 

 (Holotype B-W, n.v.). 



Crusea lucida Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur 109. 

 1845. Type: MEXICO: Without precise 

 locality, southern Mexico, Sinclair s.n. 

 (Holotype K, n.v. (photo MICH)). 



Crusea megalocarpa (A. Gray) S. Watson, 

 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 137. 1891. 

 Spermacoce megalocarpa A. Gray, Proc. 

 Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 381. 1886. Type: 

 MEXICO: Chihuahua, southwestern 

 Chihuahua, wet places in the higher 

 mountains above Batopilas, Aug-Nov 1885, 

 E. Palmer 185 (Holotype GH, n.v.; Isotypes 

 NY, n.v., US (photos MEXU, PTBG)). 



Crusea palmeri A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 

 Arts 21: 381. 1886. Type: MEXICO: 

 Chihuahua, southwestern Chihuahua, 25 miles 

 S of Batopilas, Aug-Sep 1885, E. Palmer 70 

 (Holotype GH, n.v.; Isotypes BM, n.v., 

 MEXU, NY, n.v., US (photos MEXU, 

 PTBG)).— Crusea psyllioides (Kunth) W. R. 

 Anderson 



