Genus of flowering plants
Crossandra is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae, comprising 54[2] species that occur in Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species, especially Crossandra infundibuliformis, are cultivated for their brightly colored flowers.
Species
Species in the genus include:[1]
- Crossandra acutiloba Vollesen
- Crossandra albolineata Benoist
- Crossandra angolensis S.Moore
- Crossandra arenicola Vollesen
- Crossandra armandii Benoist
- Crossandra baccarinii Fiori
- Crossandra benoistii Vollesen
- Crossandra cephalostachya Mildbr.
- Crossandra cinnabarina Vollesen
- Crossandra cloiselii S.Moore
- Crossandra douillotii Benoist
- Crossandra flava Hook.
- Crossandra flavicaulis Vollesen
- Crossandra friesiorum Mildbr.
- Crossandra fruticulosa Lindau
- Crossandra grandidieri (Baill.) Benoist
- Crossandra greenstockii S.Moore
- Crossandra horrida Vollesen
- Crossandra humbertii Benoist
- Crossandra infundibuliformis (L.) Nees
- Crossandra isaloensis Vollesen
- Crossandra johanninae Fiori
- Crossandra leikipiensis Schweinf.
- Crossandra leucodonta Vollesen
- Crossandra longehirsuta Vollesen
- Crossandra longipes S.Moore
- Crossandra longispica Benoist
- Crossandra massaica Mildbr.
- Crossandra mucronata Lindau
- Crossandra multidentata Vollesen
- Crossandra nilotica Oliv.
- Crossandra nobilis Benoist
- Crossandra obanensis Heine
- Crossandra pilosa (Benoist) Vollesen
- Crossandra pinguior S.Moore
- Crossandra poissonii Benoist
- Crossandra praecox Vollesen
- Crossandra primuloides Lindau
- Crossandra puberula Klotzsch
- Crossandra pungens Lindau
- Crossandra pyrophila Vollesen
- Crossandra quadridentata Benoist
- Crossandra raripila Benoist
- Crossandra rupestris Benoist
- Crossandra spinescens Dunkley
- Crossandra spinosa Beck
- Crossandra stenandrium (Nees) Lindau
- Crossandra stenostachya (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
- Crossandra strobilifera (Lam.) Benoist
- Crossandra subacaulis C.B.Clarke
- Crossandra sulphurea G.Taylor
- Crossandra tridentata Lindau
- Crossandra tsingyensis Vollesen
- Crossandra vestita Benoist
Crossandra infundibuliformis
A Photo of Crossandra 'Fortuna'
