Cryptochloa is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Mexico, Central America, and South America.Swallen, Jason Richard 1942. Cryptochloa. In Contributions toward a flora of Panama VI, Collections chiefly by H. von Wedel in Boca del Toro. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 29(4): 317-322Grassbase - The World Online Grass FloraSoderstrom, T. R. 1982. New species of Cryptochloa and Piresia (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Brittonia 34(2): 199–209
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesThe Plant List search for Cryptochloa Cryptochloa capillata (Trin.) Soderstr. - French Guiana, Brazil Cryptochloa concinna (Hook.f.) Swallen - Colombia, Central America, southern Mexico Cryptochloa decumbens Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Panama Cryptochloa dressleri Soderstr. - Panama Cryptochloa soderstromii Davidse - Panama Cryptochloa strictiflora (E.Fourn.) Swallen - Central America, southern Mexico, Ecuador Cryptochloa unispiculata Soderstr. - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil (Acre) Cryptochloa variana Swallen - Honduras, Panama, Colombia
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