Crypsis (genus)

Crypsis
Crypsis alopecuroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Genus:	Crypsis Ait.
Species
8 - see text

Crypsis is a genus of grasses sometimes referred to as pricklegrass. These are short-leafed annual grasses native to Eurasia and Africa. Some species are known on other continents as introduced species.

Species:

• Crypsis aculeata
• Crypsis acuminata
• Crypsis alopecuroides - foxtail pricklegrass
• Crypsis factorovskyi
• Crypsis hadjikyriakou
• Crypsis minuartioides
• Crypsis schoenoides - swamp pricklegrass
• Crypsis turkestanica
• Crypsis vaginiflora - modest pricklegrass

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). "Crypsis". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00156.htm.htm. 

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