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Crypsis (genus)

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Pricklegrass
Crypsis alopecuroides[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Crypsis
Ait.
Type species
Crypsis aculeata
Species
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Synonyms[2]
  • Pallasia Scop. 1777, rejected name not L.f. 1782 nor L'Hér. ex Aiton 1789 nor Klotzsch 1853
  • Antitragus Gaertn.
  • Raddia Mazziari 1834, illegitimate homonym not Bertol. 1819 nor DC. 1824
  • Ceytosis Munro
  • Torgesia Bornm.

Crypsis is a genus of African and Eurasian plants 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]

Taxonomy

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Accepted species

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The following species belong in the genus Crypsis, according to contemporary taxonomic treatments:[2][10][11]

Former species

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The following species were formerly included in the genus Crypsis, but have since been combined into other genera (Muhlenbergia, Munroa, Phleum, Rhizocephalus, Sporobolus, Urochondra):[2]

References

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  • Media related to Crypsis at Wikimedia Commons