Crypsis (genus)
| Pricklegrass | |
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| Crypsis alopecuroides[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Genus: | Crypsis Ait. |
| Type species | |
| Crypsis aculeata | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Crypsis is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family, sometimes referred to as pricklegrass.[3][4][5][6] These are annual grasses with short leaves. A few species are invasive weeds outside their native ranges.[7][8][9]
Taxonomy[edit]
Accepted species[edit]
The following species belong in the genus Crypsis, according to contemporary taxonomic treatments:[2][10][11]
- Crypsis aculeata – from Portugal and Mauritania to Korea
- Crypsis acuminata – from Turkey to Kazakhstan
- Crypsis alopecuroides – from Portugal and Morocco to Korea; introduced in western North America (British Columbia + western USA)
- Crypsis factorovskyi – Caucasus, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan
- Crypsis hadjikyriakou – Cyprus
- Crypsis minuartioides – Sharon Plain in northwestern Israel
- Crypsis schoenoides – from Britain to China + Pakistan + Mozambique; introduced in North America (western USA, Great Lakes region, Baja California)
- Crypsis turkestanica – Central Asia, Caucasus, western Siberia, southern European Russia
- Crypsis vaginiflora – Africa; Middle East, India, Pakistan; introduced in North America (Idaho, Oregon, California, Baja California)
Former species[edit]
The following species were formerly included in the genus Crypsis, but have since been combined into other genera (Muhlenbergia, Munroa, Phleum, Rhizocephalus, Sporobolus, Urochondra):[2]
- Crypsis arenaria – Phleum arenarium
- Crypsis dura – Urochondra setulosa
- Crypsis juncea – Sporobolus junceus
- Crypsis macroura – Muhlenbergia macroura
- Crypsis maritima – Sporobolus virginicus
- Crypsis myosurus – Sporobolus spicatus
- Crypsis phleoides – Muhlenbergia angustata
- Crypsis pygmaea – Rhizocephalus orientalis
- Crypsis setifolia – Muhlenbergia macroura
- Crypsis setulosa – Urochondra setulosa
- Crypsis squarrosa – Munroa squarrosa
- Crypsis stricta – Muhlenbergia angustata
- Crypsis virginica – Sporobolus virginicus
References[edit]
- ^ 1950 illustration from Hitchcock, A.S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Aiton, William. 1789. Hortus Kewensis, or, A catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew 1: 48 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Crypsis Aiton
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 485 隐花草属 yin hua cao shu Crypsis Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 48. 1789.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Crypsis Archived 2015-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ USDA Plants Profile
- ^ Hammel, B. E. & J. R. Reeder. 1979. The genus Crypsis (Gramineae) in the United States. Systematic Botany 4(4): 267–280
- ^ The Plant List search for Crypsis
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
External links[edit]
Media related to Crypsis at Wikimedia Commons
