Cryptotaenia
Genus of flowering plants
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Cryptotaenia, or honewort,[2] is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants, native to North America, Africa, and eastern Asia, growing wild in moist, shady places.
| Cryptotaenia | |
|---|---|
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| Cryptotaenia japonica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Oenantheae |
| Genus: | Cryptotaenia DC. |
| Type species | |
| Cryptotaenia canadensis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
Six species are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of February 2025.[1] Other studies suggested that the African and Canary Island species should be moved to other genera and that the Italian endemic Lereschia thomasii should be included in Cryptotaenia.[3][4] In 2016 the Canary Islands endemic Cryptotaenia elegans was moved to genus Daucus as Daucus elegans.[5]
- Cryptotaenia africana (Hook.f.) Drude - Gabon[6]
- Cryptotaenia calycina C.C.Towns. - Tanzania[7]
- Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC. - eastern + central North America[8]
- Cryptotaenia flahaultii (Woronow) Koso-Pol. - Republic of Georgia[9]
- Cryptotaenia japonica Hassk. - Japan, Korea, China[10]
- Cryptotaenia polygama C.C.Towns. - Tanzania[11]
Formerly placed here
- Daucus elegans (Webb ex Bolle) Spalik, Banasiak & Reduron (as Cryptotaenia elegans Webb ex Bolle)[5]
