Cryptarrhena
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Cryptarrhena is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of orchids (family Orchidaceae) with about 4 species. It is the only genus comprised by the tribe Cryptarrheneae.

The genus Orchidofunckia A.Rich. & Galeotti
Henri Guillaume Galeotti
Henri Guillaume Galeotti was a French-Belgian botanist and geologist of Italian parentage who was born in Paris. He specialized in the study of the family Cactaceae....

is generally considered a synonym of Cryptarrhena.

List of species

  • Cryptarrhena guatemalensis Schltr. (1911)
  • Cryptarrhena kegelii Rchb.f. (1852)
  • Cryptarrhena lunata R.Br. (1816





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