Cryptandra | |
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Cryptandra amara | |
Scientific classification | |
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 is a genus of flowering plants in the 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]
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]
The following is a list of species of Cryptandra accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at August 2022: [9]
Cryptandra | |
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Cryptandra amara | |
Scientific classification | |
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 is a genus of flowering plants in the 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]
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]
The following is a list of species of Cryptandra accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at August 2022: [9]