Crusea longiflora(Roem. & Schult.) W.R.Anderson

WFO wfo-0000933040 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Crusea longiflora, photographed by Ángela Patricia Rojas Cortés
fig. a Ángela Patricia Rojas Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2018-09-12 / obs. 25101267
Crusea longiflora, photographed by Said Jimenez
fig. b Said Jimenez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 23962443
Crusea longiflora, photographed by Norma Piedra
fig. c Norma Piedra, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198941505
Crusea longiflora, photographed by Norma Piedra
fig. d Norma Piedra, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198941210
Crusea longiflora, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. e Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159651725
Crusea longiflora, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163364703
Crusea longiflora, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153748761
Crusea longiflora, photographed by Carrie Seltzer
fig. h Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 25695584

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Crusea longiflora is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCosta RicaGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamá
Native distribution of Crusea longiflora, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Crusea brachyphylla Schltdl. & Cham.
  • Crusea brachyphylla f. microcephala Loes.
  • Crusea chiapensis Brandegee
  • Spermacoce longiflora Roem. & Schult.
  • Spermacoce longiflora Willd.
  • Spermacoce repens Sessé & Moc.
  • Spermacoce tenuiflora Sessé & Moc.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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