Cryptangium is a genus of sedges in family Cyperaceae. It includes a single species, Cryptangium verticillatum, a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte native to tropical South America. It ranges from Colombia and Venezuela to Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, and northern, eastern and west-central Brazil.[1]
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| Cryptangium |
Scientific classification  |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Monocots |
| Clade: |
Commelinids |
| Order: |
Poales |
| Family: |
Cyperaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Cyperoideae |
| Tribe: |
Cryptangieae |
| Genus: |
Cryptangium
Schrad. ex Nees |
| Species: |
C. verticillatum |
| Binomial name |
Cryptangium verticillatum
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| Synonyms[1] |
- Cladotheca vaginans Steud.
- Cryptangium ciliatum Boeckeler
- Cryptangium leptocladium (Poepp. ex Kunth) Boeckeler
- Cryptangium leptocladium var. longifolium Boeckeler
- Cryptangium strictum (Kunth) H.Pfeiff.
- Cryptangium uliginosum Schrad. ex Nees
- Cryptangium uliginosum f. humilis C.B.Clarke
- Fuirena verticillata Spreng. (1818) (basionym)
- Fuirena weigeltii A.Spreng.
- Lagenocarpus ciliatus (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff.
- Lagenocarpus kunthii (Miq.) Uittien
- Lagenocarpus leptocladius (Poepp. ex Kunth) Kuntze
- Lagenocarpus strictus (Kunth) Kuntze
- Lagenocarpus strictus var. leptocladius (Poepp. ex Kunth) H.Pfeiff.
- Lagenocarpus weigeltii (A.Spreng.) Uittien
- Lagenocarpus uliginosus Kuntze
- Lagenocarpus verticillatus (Spreng.) T.Koyama & Maguire
- Scleria hostmanniana Steud.
- Scleria kunthii Miq.
- Scleria leptocladia Poepp. ex Kunth
- Scleria stricta Kunth
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