Cryptandra is a genus of flowering plants family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Australia. Most plants in the genus Cryptandra are spiny, heath-like shrubs with small, clustered leaves and flowers crowded at the ends of branches, the flowers are usually small, surrounded by brown bracts, and with tube-shaped hypanthium, the petals hooded over the anthers.[2][3][4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Tribe: | Pomaderreae |
| Genus: | Cryptandra Sm.[1] |
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Taxonomy edit
The genus Cryptandra was first formally described in 1798 by James Edward Smith in the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.[6][7] The genus name means "hidden man", referring to the stamens.[8]
List of species edit
The following is a list of species of Cryptandra accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at August 2022:[9]
- Cryptandra alpina Hook.f. (Tas.)
- Cryptandra amara Sm. (Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.)
- Cryptandra apetala Ewart & Jean White (W.A.)
- Cryptandra apetala var. anomala Rye
- Cryptandra apetala Ewart & Jean White var. apetala Rye
- Cryptandra arbutiflora Fenzl (W.A.)
- Cryptandra arbutiflora Fenzlvar. arbutiflora Rye
- Cryptandra arbutiflora var. borealis Rye
- Cryptandra arbutiflora var. pygmaea Rye
- Cryptandra arbutiflora var. tubulosa (Fenzl) Benth.
- Cryptandra aridicola Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra armata C.T.White & W.D.Francis (Qld., N.S.W.)
- Cryptandra beverleyensis Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra campanulata Schltdl. (S.A.)
- Cryptandra ciliata A.R.Bean (Qld.)
- Cryptandra congesta Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra connata C.A.Gardner (W.A.)
- Cryptandra craigiae Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra debilis A.R.Bean (Qld.)
- Cryptandra dielsii C.A.Gardner ex Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra distigma Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra ericoides Sm. (N.S.W., Vic.)
- Cryptandra exilis D.I.Morris (Tas.)
- Cryptandra exserta Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra filiformis A.R.Bean (Qld.)
- Cryptandra gemmata A.R.Bean (N.T.)
- Cryptandra glabriflora Benth. (W.A.)
- Cryptandra graniticola Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra hispidula Reissek & F.Muell. (S.A.)
- Cryptandra imbricata Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra inconspicua Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra intermedia (Rye) Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra intonsa Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra intratropica W.Fitzg. (W.A.)
- Cryptandra lanosiflora F.Muell. (Qld., N.S.W.)
- Cryptandra leucopogon Meisn. ex Reissek (W.A.)
- Cryptandra longistaminea F.Muell. (Qld., N.S.W.)
- Cryptandra magniflora F.Muell. (Vic.)
- Cryptandra micrantha Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra minutifolia Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra minutifolia subsp. brevistyla Rye
- Cryptandra minutifolia Rye subsp. minutifolia
- Cryptandra monticola Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)
- Cryptandra multispina Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra mutila Nees ex Reissek (W.A.)
- Cryptandra myriantha Diels (W.A.)
- Cryptandra nola Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra nutans Steud. (W.A.)
- Cryptandra orbicularis A.R.Bean (Qld.)
- Cryptandra pendula Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra pogonoloba A.R.Bean (Qld.)
- Cryptandra pogonoloba A.R.Bean subsp. pogonoloba
- Cryptandra pogonoloba subsp. septentrionalis Kellerman
- Cryptandra polyclada Diels (W.A.)
- Cryptandra polyclada subsp. aequabilis Rye
- Cryptandra polyclada Diels subsp. polyclada
- Cryptandra propinqua A.Cunn. ex Fenzl (S.A., Qld., N.S.W.)
- Cryptandra propinqua subsp. maranoa Kellermann & Udovicic
- Cryptandra propinqua A.Cunn. ex Fenzl subsp. propinqua
- Cryptandra pungens Steud. (W.A.)
- Cryptandra recurva Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra scoparia Reissek (W.A.)
- Cryptandra speciosa A.Cunn. ex Kellermann & Udovicic (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.)
- Cryptandra speciosa A.Cunn. ex Kellermann & Udovicic subsp. speciosa
- Cryptandra speciosa subsp. strigosa Kellermann & Udovicic
- Cryptandra spinescens Sieber ex DC. (N.S.W.)
- Cryptandra spyridioides F.Muell. (W.A.)
- Cryptandra stellulata Rye (W.A.)
- Cryptandra tomentosa Lindl. (S.A., Vic.)
- Cryptandra triplex K.R.Thiele ex Kellerman (N.T.)
- Cryptandra wilsonii Rye (W.A.)
References edit
- ^ a b "Cryptandra". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Harden, Gwen J. "Cryptandra". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Cryptandra". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Walsh, Neville G.; Udovicic, Frank; Stajsic, Val. "Cryptandra". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Cryptandra". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Cryptandra". APNI. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Smith, James E. (1798). "The Characters of Twenty New Genera of Plants". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 4: 217. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 72. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Cryptandra". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
External links edit
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