Cryptandra

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids  >  Fabids > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Cryptandra

Other links:     

Plant  information

Common name:                . . .  

Conservation status:  . . .

Etymology:   

• The genus name means "hidden man", referring to the stamens

Flowers:                  

• Flowers crowded at the ends of branches

• The flowers are usually small, surrounded by brown bracts

• A tube-shaped hypanthium

• The petals hooded over the anthers

Fruit:                         

Leaves:         

• Has small, clustered leaves (and flowers) crowded at the ends of branches

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Most plants are spiny, heath-like shrubs 

Habitat:   

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to Australia

Species:                     

• World:            71 species

• Australia:      71 species

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • The genus Cryptandra was first formally described in 1798 by James Edward Smith in the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

• The following is a list of species of Cryptandra accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at August 2022:

  • 1. Cryptandra alpina Hook.f. (Tas.)

    2. Cryptandra amara Sm. (Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.)

    3. Cryptandra apetala Ewart & Jean White (W.A.)

    4. Cryptandra apetala var. anomala Rye

    5. Cryptandra apetala Ewart & Jean White var. apetala Rye

    6. Cryptandra arbutiflora Fenzl (W.A.)

    7. Cryptandra arbutiflora Fenzlvar. arbutiflora Rye

    8. Cryptandra arbutiflora var. borealis Rye

    9. Cryptandra arbutiflora var. pygmaea Rye

    10. Cryptandra arbutiflora var. tubulosa (Fenzl) Benth.

    11. Cryptandra aridicola Rye (W.A.)

    12. Cryptandra armata C.T.White & W.D.Francis (Qld., N.S.W.)

    13. Cryptandra beverleyensis Rye (W.A.)

    14. Cryptandra campanulata Schltdl. (S.A.)

    15. Cryptandra ciliata A.R.Bean (Qld.)

    16. Cryptandra congesta Rye (W.A.)

    17. Cryptandra connata C.A.Gardner (W.A.)

    18. Cryptandra craigiae Rye (W.A.)

    19. Cryptandra debilis A.R.Bean (Qld.)

    20. Cryptandra dielsii C.A.Gardner ex Rye (W.A.)

    21. Cryptandra distigma Rye (W.A.)

    22. Cryptandra ericoides Sm. (N.S.W., Vic.)

    23. Cryptandra exilis D.I.Morris (Tas.)

    24. Cryptandra exserta Rye (W.A.)

    25. Cryptandra filiformis A.R.Bean (Qld.)

    26. Cryptandra gemmata A.R.Bean (N.T.)

    27. Cryptandra glabriflora Benth. (W.A.)

    28. Cryptandra graniticola Rye (W.A.)

    29. Cryptandra hispidula Reissek & F.Muell. (S.A.)

    30. Cryptandra imbricata Rye (W.A.)

    31. Cryptandra inconspicua Rye (W.A.)

    32. Cryptandra intermedia (Rye) Rye (W.A.)

    33. Cryptandra intonsa Rye (W.A.)

    34. Cryptandra intratropica W.Fitzg. (W.A.)

    35. Cryptandra lanosiflora F.Muell. (Qld., N.S.W.)

    36. Cryptandra leucopogon Meisn. ex Reissek (W.A.)

    37. Cryptandra longistaminea F.Muell. (Qld., N.S.W.)

    38. Cryptandra magniflora F.Muell. (Vic.)

    39. Cryptandra micrantha Rye (W.A.)

    40. Cryptandra minutifolia Rye (W.A.)

    41. Cryptandra minutifolia subsp. brevistyla Rye

    42. Cryptandra minutifolia Rye subsp. minutifolia

    43. Cryptandra monticola Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)

    44. Cryptandra multispina Rye (W.A.)

    45. Cryptandra mutila Nees ex Reissek (W.A.)

    46. Cryptandra myriantha Diels (W.A.)

    47. Cryptandra nola Rye (W.A.)

    48. Cryptandra nutans Steud. (W.A.)

    49. Cryptandra orbicularis A.R.Bean (Qld.)

    50. Cryptandra pendula Rye (W.A.)

    51. Cryptandra pogonoloba A.R.Bean (Qld.)

    52. Cryptandra pogonoloba A.R.Bean subsp. pogonoloba

    53. Cryptandra pogonoloba subsp. septentrionalis Kellerman

    54. Cryptandra polyclada Diels (W.A.)

    55. Cryptandra polyclada subsp. aequabilis Rye

    56. Cryptandra polyclada Diels subsp. polyclada

    57. Cryptandra propinqua A.Cunn. ex Fenzl (S.A., Qld., N.S.W.)

    58. Cryptandra propinqua subsp. maranoa Kellermann & Udovicic

    59. Cryptandra propinqua A.Cunn. ex Fenzl subsp. propinqua

    60. Cryptandra pungens Steud. (W.A.)

    61. Cryptandra recurva Rye (W.A.)

    62. Cryptandra scoparia Reissek (W.A.)

    63. Cryptandra speciosa A.Cunn. ex Kellermann & Udovicic (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.)

    64. Cryptandra speciosa A.Cunn. ex Kellermann & Udovicic subsp. speciosa

    65. Cryptandra speciosa subsp. strigosa Kellermann & Udovicic

    66. Cryptandra spinescens Sieber ex DC. (N.S.W.)

    67. Cryptandra spyridioides F.Muell. (W.A.)

    68. Cryptandra stellulata Rye (W.A.)

    69. Cryptandra tomentosa Lindl. (S.A., Vic.)

    70. Cryptandra triplex K.R.Thiele ex Kellerman (N.T.)

    71. Cryptandra wilsonii Rye (W.A.)

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptandra (2023)