Cryptandra

Cryptandra
Cryptandra amara
Scientific classification Edit this 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 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 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]

  1. ^ a b "Cryptandra". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  2. ^ Harden, Gwen J. "Cryptandra". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Cryptandra". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. ^ Walsh, Neville G.; Udovicic, Frank; Stajsic, Val. "Cryptandra". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Cryptandra". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.