Cryptanthus

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Cryptanthus
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Cryptanthus zonatus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Bromelioideae
Genus: Cryptanthus
Otto & A.Dietr.
Synonyms [1]
  • MadvigiaLiebm.
  • PholidophyllumVis.

Cryptanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus name is from the Greek cryptos (hidden) and anthos (flower). The genus formerly had two recognized subgenera: the type subgenus and subgenus HoplocryptanthusMez which has been raised to the separate genus Hoplocryptanthus . [2] All species of this genus are endemic to Brazil. [1] [3] The common name for any Cryptanthus is "Earth star". [4]

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Species

As of November 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [1]

Former species

A major revision of Cryptanthus in 2017 based on both morphological and molecular characters elevated a former subgenus to the genus Hoplocryptanthus and created two new genera, Forzzaea and Rokautskyia , transferring many former Cryptanthus species to these three genera. [5]

Transferred to Forzzaea

Transferred to Haplocryptanthus

Transferred to Rokautskyia

Transferred to Siqueiranthus

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cryptanthus Otto & A.Dietr." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  2. ↑ Gouda, E.J.; Butcher, D.; Gouda, C.S. (2022). "genus Hoplocryptanthus (Mez) Leme, S. Heller & Zizka". Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads. Utrecht University Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  3. ↑ Martinelli, Gustavo; Vieira, Cláudia Magalhães; Gonzalez, Marcos; Leitman, Paula; Piratininga, Andréa; Costa, Andrea Ferreira da; Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (January 2008). "Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação" [Bromeliaceae of the brazilian Atlantic Forest: checklist, distribution and conservation]. Rodriguésia (in Brazilian Portuguese). 59 (1): 209–258. doi: 10.1590/2175-7860200859114 . JSTOR   23499386.
  4. ↑ "Cryptanthus or Earth Stars". Bromeliad Plant Care. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Leme, E.M.C.; Heller, S.; Zizka, G. & Halbritter, H. (2017). "New circumscription of Cryptanthus and new Cryptanthoid genera and subgenera (Bromeliaceae: Bromelioideae) based on neglected morphological traits and molecular phylogeny". Phytotaxa. 318 (1): 1–88. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.318.1.1.
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