''Arnhemia cryptantha'' is a species of

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in the family

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. It is a subshrub or shrub endemic to the northern

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of Australia. It is the sole species in genus ''Arnhemia''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q8204731, from2=Q17581735 Octolepidoideae Flora of the Northern Territory Plants described in 1978 Taxa named by Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw