Crypsis (genus)

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Crypsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Crypsis
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Species

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Crypsis is a genus of grasses sometimes referred to as pricklegrass. These are short-leafed annual grasses native to Eurasia and Africa. Some species are known on other continents as introduced species.

Species:

  • Crypsis aculeata
  • Crypsis acuminata
  • Crypsis alopecuroides - foxtail pricklegrass
  • Crypsis factorovskyi
  • Crypsis hadjikyriakou
  • Crypsis minuartioides
  • Crypsis schoenoides - swamp pricklegrass
  • Crypsis turkestanica
  • Crypsis vaginiflora - modest pricklegrass

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