''Cryptochloa'' is a

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plants in the

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, widespread across much of

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. ;SpeciesThe Plant List search for ''Cryptochloa''
/ref> # '' Cryptochloa capillata'' (Trin.) Soderstr. - French Guiana, Brazil # '' Cryptochloa concinna'' (Hook.f.) Swallen - Colombia, Central America, southern Mexico # '' Cryptochloa decumbens'' Soderstr. & Zuloaga - Panama # '' Cryptochloa dressleri'' Soderstr. - Panama # '' Cryptochloa soderstromii'' Davidse - Panama # '' Cryptochloa strictiflora'' (E.Fourn.) Swallen - Central America, southern Mexico, Ecuador # '' Cryptochloa unispiculata'' Soderstr. - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil (Acre) # '' Cryptochloa variana'' Swallen - Honduras, Panama, Colombia

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