Crypsis (genus)
| pricklegrass | |
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| Crypsis alopecuroides[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| (unranked): | Monocots
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| Genus: | Crypsis |
| Type species | |
| Crypsis aculeata | |
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Crypsis is an African and Eurasian plant in the grass family sometimes referred to as pricklegrass.[3][4][5][6]
These are annual grasses with short leaves. A few species are invasive weeds outside their native ranges.[7][8][9]
- Crypsis aculeata - from Portugal and Mauritania to Korea
- - from Turkey to Kazakhstan
- Crypsis alopecuroides - from Portugal and Morocco to Korea; introduced in western North America (British Columbia + western USA)
- - Caucasus, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan
- - Cyprus
- - Sharon Plain in northwestern Israel
- Crypsis schoenoides - from Britain to China + Pakistan + Mozambique; introduced in North America (western USA, Great Lakes region, Baja California)
- - Central Asia, Caucasus, western Siberia, southern European Russia
- Crypsis vaginiflora - Africa; Middle East, India, Pakistan; introduced in North America (Idaho, Oregon, California, Baja California)
- formerly included[2]
see Muhlenbergia Munroa Phleum Rhizocephalus Sporobolus Urochondra
- Crypsis arenaria -
- Crypsis dura - Urochondra setulosa
- Crypsis juncea - Sporobolus junceus
- Crypsis macroura -
- Crypsis maritima - Sporobolus virginicus
- Crypsis myosurus - Sporobolus spicatus
- Crypsis phleoides -
- Crypsis pygmaea - Rhizocephalus orientalis
- Crypsis setifolia -
- Crypsis setulosa - Urochondra setulosa
- Crypsis squarrosa - Munroa squarrosa
- Crypsis stricta -
- Crypsis virginica - Sporobolus virginicus
References[]
- ^ 1950 illustration from Hitchcock, A.S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Aiton, William. 1789. Hortus Kewensis, or, A catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew 1: 48 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Crypsis Aiton
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 485 隐花草属 yin hua cao shu Crypsis Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 48. 1789.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Crypsis Archived 2015-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ USDA Plants Profile
- ^ Hammel, B. E. & J. R. Reeder. 1979. The genus Crypsis (Gramineae) in the United States. Systematic Botany 4(4): 267–280
- ^ The Plant List search for Crypsis
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
Categories:
- Chloridoideae
- Poaceae genera
- Chloridoideae stubs