''Cryptarrhena'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...

s (family Orchidaceae). It consists of 3 known species, native to the New World Tropics.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Cryptarrhena guatemalensis ''Cryptarrhena'' is a genus of orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that a ...

'' Schltr. (1911) - Central America, Trinidad, South America as far south as Brazil and Peru * ''

Cryptarrhena kegelii ''Cryptarrhena'' is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae). It consists of 3 known species, native to the New World Tropics. List of species * ''Cryptarrhena guatemalensis ''Cryptarrhena'' is a genus of orchid Orchids are plants that ...

'' Rchb.f. (1852) - South America as far south as Brazil and Bolivia * '' Cryptarrhena lunata'' R.Br. (1816) - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad, Jamaica

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* * Orchids of South America Zygopetalinae genera Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) Zygopetalinae {{Cymbidieae-stub