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The genus Cryptanthus is in the family Bromeliaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cryptanthus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Cryptanthus acaulis (Lindl.) Beer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus alagoanus Leme & J.A.Siqueira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus bahianus L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus beuckeri E.Morren	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus bibarrensis Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus bivittatus (Hook.) Regel	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus blitoides Nutt. ex Benth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus brevifolius Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus bromelioides Otto & A.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus burle-marxii Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus capitatus Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus capitellatus Leme & L.Kollmann	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus caracensis Leme & E.Gross	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus caulescens I.Ramírez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus × cochleatus E.Morren ex Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus colnagoi Rauh & Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus coriaceus Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus correia-araujoi Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus crassifolius Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus delicatus Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus diamantinensis Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus dianae Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus dorothyae Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus exaltatus H.E.Luther	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus felixii J.A.Siqueira & Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus fernseeoides Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus ferrarius Leme & C.C.Paula	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus fosterianus L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus giganteus Leme & A.P.Fontana	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus glaziovii Mez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus grazielae H.Luther	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus incrassatus L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus lacerdae Antoine	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus latifolius Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus lavrasensis Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus leopoido-horstiil Rauh	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Cryptanthus leopoldo-horstii Rauh	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus leuzingerae Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus × lubbersianus E.Morren ex Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus lutherianus I.Ramírez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus lyman-smithii Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus × makoyanus Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus marginatus L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus maritimus L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus microglazioui I.Ramírez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus micrus Louzada, Wand. & Versieux	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus minarum L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus × mirabilis Walter Richt.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus odoratissimus Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus osiris W.Weber	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus × osyanus Makoy ex E.Witte	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus pickelii L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus praetextus E.Morren ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus pseudoglaziovii Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus pseudopetiolatus Philcox	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus pseudoscaposus L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus regius Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus reisii Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus reptans Leme & J.A.Siqueira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus roberto-kautskyi Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus sanctaluciae Leme & L.Kollmann	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus scaposus E.Pereira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus schwackeanus Mez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus seidelianus W.Weber	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus sergipensis I.Ramírez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus suaveolens E.Morren ex Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus teretifolius Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus tiradentesensis Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus ubairensis I.Ramírez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus venecianus Leme & L.Kollmann	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus viridovinosus Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus warasii E.Pereira	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus warren-loosei Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus whitmanii Leme	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Cryptanthus zonatus (Vis.) Beer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 96 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cryptanthus. Of these 67 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 23 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cryptanthus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 96 species names for the genus Cryptanthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	67	69.8%
◕	Synonym	21	21.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	8.3%

All names

The status of the 119 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cryptanthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	67	56.3%
◕	Synonym	44	37.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	6.7%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 96 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cryptanthus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	67	19	0	0	86	89.6%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	2.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	8	8	8.3%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Cryptanthus is as follows: