Cryptochloa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Olyreae
Subtribe: Olyrinae
Genus: Cryptochloa
Swallen
Type species
Cryptochloa variana
Swallen

Cryptochloa is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1][2][3]

Species[4][5]
  1. Cryptochloa capillata (Trin.) Soderstr. - French Guiana, Brazil
  2. Cryptochloa concinna (Hook.f.) Swallen - Colombia, Central America, southern Mexico
  3. Cryptochloa decumbens Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Panama
  4. Cryptochloa dressleri Soderstr. - Panama
  5. Cryptochloa soderstromii Davidse - Panama
  6. Cryptochloa strictiflora (E.Fourn.) Swallen - Central America, southern Mexico, Ecuador
  7. Cryptochloa unispiculata Soderstr. - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil (Acre)
  8. Cryptochloa variana Swallen - Honduras, Panama, Colombia

References

  1. ^ Swallen, Jason Richard 1942. Cryptochloa. In Contributions toward a flora of Panama VI, Collections chiefly by H. von Wedel in Boca del Toro. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 29(4): 317-322
  2. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. ^ Soderstrom, T. R. 1982. New species of Cryptochloa and Piresia (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Brittonia 34(2): 199–209
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ The Plant List search for Cryptochloa


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