Biology:Cryptandra

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Cryptandra
Cryptandra amara 2.jpg
Cryptandra amara
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Tribe: Pomaderreae
Genus: Cryptandra
Sm.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Cryptandra Sm. sect. Cryptandra
  • Cryptandra sect. Eucryptandra T.Post & Kuntze nom. inval.
  • Cryptandra sect. Wichurea Benth.
  • Cryptandra subg. Corisandra Reissek
  • Cryptandra Sm. subg. Cryptandra
  • Cryptandra subg. Eucryptandra Reissek nom. inval.
  • Wichuraea Nees ex Reissek nom. illeg.
Cryptandra arbutiflora
Cryptandra spinescens in the Australian National Botanic Gardens

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]

Taxonomy

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

The following is a list of species of Cryptandra accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at August 2022:[9]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Cryptandra". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/87010/api/apni-format. Retrieved 11 August 2022. 
  2. Harden, Gwen J.. "Cryptandra". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Cryptandra. 
  3. "Cryptandra". State Herbarium of South Australia. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Cryptandra. 
  4. Walsh, Neville G.; Udovicic, Frank; Stajsic, Val. "Cryptandra". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/d1b7c74d-3383-4f59-b16b-18c69789c892. 
  5. "Cryptandra". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/22463. 
  6. "Cryptandra". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/506838. Retrieved 24 November 2022. 
  7. Smith, James E. (1798). "The Characters of Twenty New Genera of Plants.". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 217. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12896806#page/275/mode/1up. Retrieved 24 November 2022. 
  8. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 72. ISBN 9780958034180. 
  9. "Cryptandra". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/taxonomy?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=Cryptandra&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=100&display=apc&search=true. Retrieved 11 August 2022. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q148082 entry