Crypsis (genus)

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]

Pricklegrass
Crypsis alopecuroides[1]
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Crypsis

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.

Taxonomy

Accepted species

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

Former species

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

  • Media related to Crypsis at Wikimedia Commons


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