Biology:Cryptocarpus

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Cryptocarpus
Saltbush - Flickr - pellaea.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Tribe: Boldoeae
Genus: Cryptocarpus
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Species:
C. pyriformis
Binomial name
Cryptocarpus pyriformis
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Cryptocarpus pyriformis which is commonly known as salt bush or monte salado is native to the Galápagos Islands as well as mainland Ecuador and Peru.[1] It is the sole representative of the genus Cryptocarpus.[2]

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