Cryptochloa

Cryptochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Bambusoideae
Tribe:	Olyreae
Subtribe:	Olyrinae
Genus:	Cryptochloa Swallen
Type species
Cryptochloa variana Swallen

Cryptochloa is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1][2][3]

Species[4][5]

1. Cryptochloa capillata (Trin.) Soderstr. - French Guiana, Brazil
2. Cryptochloa concinna (Hook.f.) Swallen - Colombia, Central America, southern Mexico
3. Cryptochloa decumbens Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Panama
4. Cryptochloa dressleri Soderstr. - Panama
5. Cryptochloa soderstromii Davidse - Panama
6. Cryptochloa strictiflora (E.Fourn.) Swallen - Central America, southern Mexico, Ecuador
7. Cryptochloa unispiculata Soderstr. - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil (Acre)
8. Cryptochloa variana Swallen - Honduras, Panama, Colombia

References

1. Swallen, Jason Richard 1942. Cryptochloa. In Contributions toward a flora of Panama VI, Collections chiefly by H. von Wedel in Boca del Toro. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 29(4): 317-322
2. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
3. Soderstrom, T. R. 1982. New species of Cryptochloa and Piresia (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Brittonia 34(2): 199–209
4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. The Plant List search for Cryptochloa