Cryptarrhena

Cryptarrhena
	Cryptarrhena lunata; 1816 illustration from; The botanical register; (inaccurate as the inflorescence should be pendulous)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	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 is the only genus in the tribe Cymbidieae, subtribe Zygopetalinae. It consists of 3 known species, native to the New World Tropics.^[1]

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

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

External links

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Data related to Cryptarrhena at Wikispecies

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[p-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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