What is "cryptocoryne"

cryptocoryne \cryptocoryne\ n. any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia.

Syn: water trumpet.

n. any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia [syn: water trumpet]

Cryptocoryne (water trumpet) is a genus of aquatic monocot plants from the family Araceae (arums). The genus is naturally distributed in tropical regions of Asia and New Guinea.

The typical habitats of Cryptocoryne are mostly streams and rivers with not too rapidly flowing water, in the lowland forest. They also live in seasonally inundated forest pools or on river banks submerged only at high water. Although the proper scientific name of the genus is Cryptocoryne, they are commonly referred to as crypts. The English name "water trumpet" refers to their inflorescence, a spadix enclosed by a spathe (typical for the whole family), which resembles a trumpet.

The first Cryptocoryne species was described in 1779 as Arum spirale by Retzius. The genus was described by Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer in 1828. However, the scientific classification of Cryptocoryne species is very complicated and there are different opinions about it. Lagenandra is another genus closely related to the genus Cryptocoryne. The two can be easily told apart since the leaves of Cryptocoryne species exhibit convolute vernation whereas Lagenandra species exhibit involute vernation.

The name Cryptocoryne is derived from the Greek crypto, hidden, and koryne, meaning club. The common name (water trumpet) refers to the shape of its inflorescence, which is typical of the arum family.

Image: Cryptocoryne Flower.JPG|Inflorescence of C. pontederiifolia Image: Cryptocoryne wendtii.JPG|C. wendtii "Green", the most popular Cryptocoryne. Image:-Cryptocoryne wendtii- from Tropica farm.JPG|A form of C. wendtii produced by Tropica Aquarium Plants.

1. Cryptocoryne affinis N.E.Br. in J.D.Hooker - Thailand, Malaysia
2. Cryptocoryne alba de Wit - Sri Lanka
3. Cryptocoryne albida R.Parker - southern China, eastern India, Bangladesh, Indochina
4. Cryptocoryne annamica Serebryanyi - Vietnam
5. Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia Merr. - Philippines
6. Cryptocoryne auriculata Engl. - Sarawak, Palawan, Mindanao
7. Cryptocoryne bangkaensis Bastm. - Sumatra
8. Cryptocoryne beckettii Thuill. ex Trim. - Sri Lanka; naturalized in Texas
9. Cryptocoryne bogneri Rataj - Sri Lanka
10. Cryptocoryne bullosa Becc. - Sarawak
11. Cryptocoryne ciliata (Roxb.) Schott - India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea
12. Cryptocoryne cognata Schott - India
13. Cryptocoryne consobrina Schott - India
14. Cryptocoryne cordata Griff. - Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java
15. Cryptocoryne coronata Bastm. & Wijng. - Philippines
16. Cryptocoryne crispatula Engl. southern China, northeastern India, Bangladesh
17. Cryptocoryne cruddasiana Prain - Myanmar
18. Cryptocoryne decus-silvae de Wit - Malaysia
19. '' Cryptocoryne dewitii'' N.Jacobsen - Papua New Guinea
20. Cryptocoryne edithiae de Wit - Kalimantan
21. Cryptocoryne elliptica N.E.Br. - Malaysia
22. Cryptocoryne ferruginea Engl. - Sarawak
23. Cryptocoryne fusca de Wit - Borneo
24. Cryptocoryne griffithii Schott - Kalimantan, Peninsular Malaysia
25. Cryptocoryne hudoroi Bogner & N.Jacobsen - Kalimantan
26. Cryptocoryne ideii Budianto - Kalimantan
27. Cryptocoryne jacobsenii de Wit - Sumatra
28. Cryptocoryne keei N.Jacobsen - Sarawak
29. Cryptocoryne lingua Becc. ex Engl - Sarawak
30. Cryptocoryne loeiensis Bastm., T.Idei & N.Jacobsen - Laos, Thailand
31. Cryptocoryne longicaudaBecc. ex Engl. - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
32. Cryptocoryne mekongensis T.Idei, Bastm. & N.Jacobsen - Laos, Thailand
33. Cryptocoryne minima Ridl. - Malaysia, Sumatra
34. Cryptocoryne moehlmannii de Wit - Sumatra
35. Cryptocoryne nevillii Trimen - Sri Lanka
36. Cryptocoryne noritoi Wongso - Kalimantan
37. Cryptocoryne nurii Furtado - Peninsular Malaysia
38. Cryptocoryne pallidinervia Engl. - Borneo
39. Cryptocoryne parva de Wit- Sri Lanka
40. Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia Schott - Sumatra
41. Cryptocoryne purpurea Ridl. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
42. Cryptocoryne pygmaea Merr. - Philippines
43. Cryptocoryne retrospiralis (Roxb.) Kunth - Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
44. Cryptocoryne schulzei de Wit - Johor
45. Cryptocoryne scurrilis de Wit - Sumatra
46. Cryptocoryne sivadasanii Bogner - southern India
47. Cryptocoryne spiralis (Retz.) Fisch. ex Wydler - Bangladesh, India
48. Cryptocoryne striolata Engl. - Borneo
49. Cryptocoryne tambraparaniana Rajakumar, P.Daniel, Selvak., S.Murug. & Chellap. - Tamil Nadu
50. Cryptocoryne thwaitesii Schott - Sri Lanka
51. Cryptocoryne × timahensis Bastm. - Singapore (C. cordata × C. nurii)
52. Cryptocoryne uenoi Yuji Sasaki - Sarawak
53. Cryptocoryne undulata Wendt - Sri Lanka
54. Cryptocoryne usteriana Engl. - Philippines
55. Cryptocoryne versteegii Engl. - New Guinea
56. Cryptocoryne vietnamensis I.Hertel & H.Mühlberg - Vietnam
57. Cryptocoryne villosa N.Jacobsen - Sumatra
58. Cryptocoryne walkeri Schott - Sri Lanka
59. Cryptocoryne wendtii de Wit - Sri Lanka
60. Cryptocoryne x willisii Reitz - Sri Lanka (C. parva × C. walkeri)
61. Cryptocoryne yujii Bastm. - Sarawak
62. Cryptocoryne zaidiana Ipor & Tawan - Sarawak
63. Cryptocoryne zukalii Rataj - Peninsular Malaysia