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Genus of orchids

Cryptarrhena

Cryptarrhena lunata 1816 illustration from The botanical register (inaccurate as the inflorescence should be pendulous)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Zygopetalinae
Genus:	Cryptarrhena R.Br.
Synonyms
Clinhymenia A.Rich. & Galeotti Orchidofunckia A.Rich. & Galeotti

Cryptarrhena is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). It consists of 3 known species, native to the New World Tropics.

List of species

Cryptarrhena guatemalensis Schltr. (1911) - Central America, Trinidad, South America as far south as Brazil and Peru
Cryptarrhena kegelii Rchb.f. (1852) - South America as far south as Brazil and Bolivia
Cryptarrhena lunata R.Br. (1816) - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad, Jamaica

References

^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

External links

Media related to Cryptarrhena at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cryptarrhena at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Cryptarrhena	Wikidata: Q2338485 Wikispecies: Cryptarrhena BOLD: 412860 CoL: 8VWKS EoL: 107453 GBIF: 2804456 GRIN: 3124 iNaturalist: 207072 IPNI: 29147-1 IRMNG: 1014126 NCBI: 79041 Open Tree of Life: 176731 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:29147-1 Tropicos: 40017289 WFO: wfo-4000009863

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