Cryptarrhena

Cryptarrhena is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). It consists of 3 known species, native to the New World Tropics.^[1]

Cryptarrhena
Cryptarrhena lunata 1816 illustration from The botanical register (inaccurate as the inflorescence should be pendulous)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Zygopetalinae
Genus:	Cryptarrhena R.Br.
Synonyms[1]
Clinhymenia A.Rich. & Galeotti Orchidofunckia A.Rich. & Galeotti

List of species

• Cryptarrhena guatemalensis Schltr. (1911) - Central America, Trinidad, South America as far south as Brazil and Peru
• Cryptarrhena kegelii Rchb.f. (1852) - South America as far south as Brazil and Bolivia
• Cryptarrhena lunata R.Br. (1816) - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad, Jamaica