Cryptarrhena

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Cryptarrhena
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cryptarrheneae
Genus: Cryptarrhena
R.Br.

Species
*Cryptarrhena kegelii

Cryptarrhena is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) with about 4 species. It is the only genus comprised by the tribe Cryptarrheneae.

The genus Orchidofunckia A.Rich. & Galeotti is generally considered a synonym of Cryptarrhena.