Cryptandra


Cryptandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Australia. Most plants in the genus Cryptandra are spiny, heath-like shrubs with small, clustered leaves and flowers crowded at the ends of branches, the flowers are usually small, surrounded by brown bracts, and with tube-shaped hypanthium, the petals hooded over the anthers.

Taxonomy

The genus Cryptandra was first formally described in 1798 by James Edward Smith in the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. The genus name means "hidden man", referring to the stamens.

List of species

The following is a list of species of Cryptandra accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at August 2022:Cryptandra alpina Hook.f. Cryptandra amara Sm. Cryptandra apetala Ewart & Jean White