- Crypsis (genus)
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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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