Cryptangium

Cryptangium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Subfamily:	Cyperoideae
Tribe:	Cryptangieae
Genus:	Cryptangium Schrad. ex Nees
Species:	C. verticillatum
Binomial name
Cryptangium verticillatum (Spreng.) Vitta
Synonyms
Synonymy Cladotheca vaginans Steud. Cryptangium ciliatum Boeckeler Cryptangium leptocladium (Poepp. ex Kunth) Boeckeler Cryptangium leptocladium var. longifolium Boeckeler Cryptangium strictum (Kunth) H.Pfeiff. Cryptangium uliginosum Schrad. ex Nees Cryptangium uliginosum f. humilis C.B.Clarke Fuirena verticillata Spreng. (1818) (basionym) Fuirena weigeltii A.Spreng. Lagenocarpus ciliatus (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff. Lagenocarpus kunthii (Miq.) Uittien Lagenocarpus leptocladius (Poepp. ex Kunth) Kuntze Lagenocarpus strictus (Kunth) Kuntze Lagenocarpus strictus var. leptocladius (Poepp. ex Kunth) H.Pfeiff. Lagenocarpus weigeltii (A.Spreng.) Uittien Lagenocarpus uliginosus Kuntze Lagenocarpus verticillatus (Spreng.) T.Koyama & Maguire Scleria hostmanniana Steud. Scleria kunthii Miq. Scleria leptocladia Poepp. ex Kunth Scleria stricta Kunth

Cryptangium is a genus of sedges in family Cyperaceae. It includes a single species, Cryptangium verticillatum, a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte native to tropical South America. It ranges from Colombia and Venezuela to Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, and northern, eastern and west-central Brazil.