Cryptocarpus
Genus of flowering plants
Cryptocarpus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
Tribe: | Boldoeae |
Genus: | Cryptocarpus Kunth |
Species: | C. pyriformis |
Binomial name | |
Cryptocarpus pyriformis Kunth |
Cryptocarpus pyriformis which is commonly known as salt bush or monte salado is native to the Galápagos Islands as well as mainland Ecuador and Peru.[1] It is the sole representative of the genus Cryptocarpus.[2]