Cryptarrhena

Cryptarrhena is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). It consists of 3 known species, native to the New World Tropics.[1]

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[1]
  • Clinhymenia A.Rich. & Galeotti
  • Orchidofunckia A.Rich. & Galeotti

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
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