Cryptarrhena

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Zygopetalinae
Genus: Cryptarrhena
Overview of species (3)

C. guatemalensis – C. kegelii – C. lunata
Name

Cryptarrhena R.Br., Bot. Reg. 2: t. 153 (1816)

Type species: Cryptarrhena lunata R.Br., Bot. Reg. 2: t. 153 (1816)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Clinhymenia A.Rich. & Galeotti, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 18: 512 (1844)
Orchidofunckia A.Rich. & Galeotti, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., III, 3: 24 (1845)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
Caribbean
Jamaica, Trinidad-Tobago.
Northern South America
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil Southeast, Brazil North.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Brown, R. (1816) Botanical Register, 2: t. 153.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 484 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cryptarrhena. Accessed: 2021 May 22.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cryptarrhena in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 22. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cryptarrhena in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 22. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Cryptarrhena. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cryptarrhena. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cryptarrhena. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 22.

Vernacular names

Cryptarrhena is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). 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

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families