Crypsis (genus)

Pricklegrass
Crypsis alopecuroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Crypsis
Ait.
Type species
Crypsis aculeata
(L.) Ait.
Species
See text
Synonyms
  • 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.

Crypsis is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family, sometimes referred to as pricklegrass. These are annual grasses with short leaves. A few species are invasive weeds outside their native ranges.

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