Cryptochloa is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1][2][3]
| Cryptochloa | |
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Scientific classification 
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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
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- Cryptochloa capillata (Trin.) Soderstr. - French Guiana, Brazil
- Cryptochloa concinna (Hook.f.) Swallen - Colombia, Central America, southern Mexico
- Cryptochloa decumbens Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Panama
- Cryptochloa dressleri Soderstr. - Panama
- Cryptochloa soderstromii Davidse - Panama
- Cryptochloa strictiflora (E.Fourn.) Swallen - Central America, southern Mexico, Ecuador
- Cryptochloa unispiculata Soderstr. - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil (Acre)
- Cryptochloa variana Swallen - Honduras, Panama, Colombia
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Soderstrom, T. R. 1982. New species of Cryptochloa and Piresia (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Brittonia 34(2): 199–209
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Cryptochloa
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