Cryptandra Explained

Cryptandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Australia. Most plants in the genus Cryptandra are spiny, heath-like shrubs with small, clustered leaves and flowers crowded at the ends of branches, the flowers are usually small, surrounded by brown bracts, and with tube-shaped hypanthium, the petals hooded over the anthers.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Taxonomy

The genus Cryptandra was first formally described in 1798 by James Edward Smith in the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.^{[4] [5]} The genus name means "hidden man", referring to the stamens.^[6]

List of species

The following is a list of species of Cryptandra accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at August 2022:^[7]

• Cryptandra alpina Hook.f. (Tas.)
• Cryptandra amara Sm. (Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.)
• Cryptandra apetala Ewart & Jean White (W.A.)
  • Cryptandra apetala var. anomala Rye
  • Cryptandra apetala Ewart & Jean White var. apetala Rye
• Cryptandra arbutiflora Fenzl (W.A.)
  • Cryptandra arbutiflora Fenzlvar. arbutiflora Rye
  • Cryptandra arbutiflora var. borealis Rye
  • Cryptandra arbutiflora var. pygmaea Rye
  • Cryptandra arbutiflora var. tubulosa (Fenzl) Benth.
• Cryptandra aridicola Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra armata C.T.White & W.D.Francis (Qld., N.S.W.)
• Cryptandra beverleyensis Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra campanulata Schltdl. (S.A.)
• Cryptandra ciliata A.R.Bean (Qld.)
• Cryptandra congesta Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra connata C.A.Gardner (W.A.)
• Cryptandra craigiae Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra debilis A.R.Bean (Qld.)
• Cryptandra dielsii C.A.Gardner ex Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra distigma Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra ericoides Sm. (N.S.W., Vic.)
• Cryptandra exilis D.I.Morris (Tas.)
• Cryptandra exserta Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra filiformis A.R.Bean (Qld.)
• Cryptandra gemmata A.R.Bean (N.T.)
• Cryptandra glabriflora Benth. (W.A.)
• Cryptandra graniticola Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra hispidula Reissek & F.Muell. (S.A.)
• Cryptandra imbricata Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra inconspicua Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra intermedia (Rye) Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra intonsa Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra intratropica W.Fitzg. (W.A.)
• Cryptandra lanosiflora F.Muell. (Qld., N.S.W.)
• Cryptandra leucopogon Meisn. ex Reissek (W.A.)
• Cryptandra longistaminea F.Muell. (Qld., N.S.W.)
• Cryptandra magniflora F.Muell. (Vic.)
• Cryptandra micrantha Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra minutifolia Rye (W.A.)
  • Cryptandra minutifolia subsp. brevistyla Rye
  • Cryptandra minutifolia Rye subsp. minutifolia
• Cryptandra monticola Rye & Trudgen (W.A.)
• Cryptandra multispina Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra mutila Nees ex Reissek (W.A.)
• Cryptandra myriantha Diels (W.A.)
• Cryptandra nola Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra nutans Steud. (W.A.)
• Cryptandra orbicularis A.R.Bean (Qld.)
• Cryptandra pendula Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra pogonoloba A.R.Bean (Qld.)
  • Cryptandra pogonoloba A.R.Bean subsp. pogonoloba
  • Cryptandra pogonoloba subsp. septentrionalis Kellerman
• Cryptandra polyclada Diels (W.A.)
  • Cryptandra polyclada subsp. aequabilis Rye
  • Cryptandra polyclada Diels subsp. polyclada
• Cryptandra propinqua A.Cunn. ex Fenzl (S.A., Qld., N.S.W.)
  • Cryptandra propinqua subsp. maranoa Kellermann & Udovicic
  • Cryptandra propinqua A.Cunn. ex Fenzl subsp. propinqua
• Cryptandra pungens Steud. (W.A.)
• Cryptandra recurva Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra scoparia Reissek (W.A.)
• Cryptandra speciosa A.Cunn. ex Kellermann & Udovicic (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.)
  • Cryptandra speciosa A.Cunn. ex Kellermann & Udovicic subsp. speciosa
  • Cryptandra speciosa subsp. strigosa Kellermann & Udovicic
• Cryptandra spinescens Sieber ex DC. (N.S.W.)
• Cryptandra spyridioides F.Muell. (W.A.)
• Cryptandra stellulata Rye (W.A.)
• Cryptandra tomentosa Lindl. (S.A., Vic.)
• Cryptandra triplex K.R.Thiele ex Kellerman (N.T.)
• Cryptandra wilsonii Rye (W.A.)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harden . Gwen J. . Cryptandra . Royal Botanic Garden Sydney . 11 August 2022.
2. Web site: Cryptandra . State Herbarium of South Australia . 11 August 2022.
3. Web site: Walsh . Neville G. . Udovicic . Frank . Stajsic . Val . Cryptandra . Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria . 11 August 2022.
4. Web site: Cryptandra. APNI. 24 November 2022.
5. Smith . James E. . The Characters of Twenty New Genera of Plants. . Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . 1798 . 4 . 217 . 24 November 2022.
6. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 72 . 3rd.
7. Web site: Cryptandra . Australian Plant Census . 11 August 2022.