Cryptopylos

Cryptopylos is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Cryptopylos clausus, native to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Sumatra.^[1]

Cryptopylos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Aeridinae
Genus:	Cryptopylos Garay
Species:	C. clausus
Binomial name
Cryptopylos clausus (J.J.Sm.) Garay
Synonyms[1]
Sarcochilus clausus J.J.Sm. Pteroceras clausum (J.J.Sm.) Seidenf. & Smitinand Sarcochilus pierrei Guillaumin

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera