C. cordata
Cryptocoryne  
 
 
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From Bastmeijer, after Jacobsen
Cryptocoryne
CRYPTOCORYNE

2009 Archive of "The Crypts Pages" from the Dutch National Herbarium

Botanical  


Feb 2009: I've changed the scope of this site to be a collection of everything I can find about these plants. As far as I know I've asked everybody with pictures here for premission. If you find one of yours here you're unhappy about just write to me and I'll gladly remove it.

Taxonomy is based on Jan Bastmeijer's "Crypt's Pages": xs4all site old nl herbarium site (no idea how long this will work for). I've also begun to mirror Jan's work here "just in case" which is an idea we had almost a decade ago. I'm finally getting around to it. Follow the "Cryptocoryne" link to get to the old Herbarium pages, some of which I've marked up to make them a but more readable by layout and/or conversion from *.doc format to proper HTML. - Richard Sexton

Cryptpcorynes are popular aquarium plants, known in the aquarium hobby since the early 20th century. They are also studied by people who do not keep aquariums who typically grow them emersed as part of an general interest in Aroids. Other Aroids are Spathiphyllum ("peace lily") and Anthurium. I like (and have) these plants too, but there are a few of us that believe plants of the genus Cryptocoryne are the elegant kings of the Aroid family. Certainly these are my favorite plants of all time.

All plants are indexed by the first letter of the species name. The many natural and man made hybrids are indexed by the first letter of the species name listed first in the cross. The codes were tabulated by Richard Sexton around 1998.

The column on the left is a link to Jan Bestmneijer's Crypts Pages while the column on the right points to local resources.


List By Code

abi     Crypt. albida                       
aff     Crypt. affinis                      
alb     Crypt. alba
ann     Crypt. annamica
apo     Crypt. aponogetifolia               
aur     Crypt. auriculata                   
ban     Crypt. bangkaensis
bal     Crypt. crispatula var. balansae
bek     Crypt. beckettii                    
bog     Crypt. bogneri                      
bul     Crypt. bullosa                      
cil     Crypt. ciliata                      
cog     Crypt. cognata                      
con     Crypt. consobrina                   
cor     Crypt. cordata
cri     Crypt. crispatula var. crispatula   
cro     Crypt. coronata
crr     Crypt. cordata 'Rosanervig'         
cru     Crypt. cruddasiana                  
dec     Crypt. decus-silvae                 
dew     Crypt. dewitii                      
did     Crypt. diderici                     
edi     Crypt. edithiae                     
ell     Crypt. elliptica                    
fer     Crypt. ferruginea                   
fla     Crypt. crispatula var. flaccidifolia
fus     Crypt. fusca                        
gra     Crypt. cordata grabowskii                   
gri     Crypt. griffithii                   
hud     Crypt. hudoroi                      
ide     Crypt. ideii                      
jac     Crypt. jacobsenii                   
kee     Crypt. keei                         
lin     Crypt. lingua                       
lon     Crypt. longicauda                   
min     Crypt. minima                       
moe     Crypt. moehlmannii    
nor     Crypt. noritoi              
nev     Crypt. nevillii                     
nur     Crypt. nurii                        
pal     Crypt. pallidinervia                
par     Crypt. parva                        
pon     Crypt. pontederiifolia
pur     Crypt. xpurpurea nothovar purpurea                     
pyg     Crypt. pygmaea         
ret     Crypt. retrospiralis                  
sch     Crypt. schulzei                     
scu     Crypt. scurrilis                    
sin     Crypt. crispatula var. sinensis     
siv     Crypt. sivadasanii     
spc     Crypt. spiralis var.cognatoides     
spi     Crypt. spiralis                     
str     Crypt. striolata                    
thw     Crypt. thwaitesii                   
tim     Crypt. x timahensis                   
ton     Crypt. crispatula var. tonkinensis  
uen     Crypt. uenoi
und     Crypt. undulata
ust     Crypt. usteriana                    
ver     Crypt. versteegii                   
vie     Crypt. vietnamensis
vil     Crypt. villosa                      
wal     Crypt. walkeri                      
wen     Crypt. wendtii                      
wil     Crypt. x willisii   
yuj     Crypt. yujii
zai     Crypt. zaidiana                
zon     Crypt. zonata                       
zuk     Crypt. zukalii                      

List By Species

abi     Crypt. albida                       
aff     Crypt. affinis                      
alb     Crypt. alba
ann     Crypt. annamica
apo     Crypt. aponogetifolia               
aur     Crypt. auriculata                   
ban     Crypt. bangkaensis
bal     Crypt. crispatula var. balansae
bek     Crypt. beckettii                    
bog     Crypt. bogneri                      
bul     Crypt. bullosa                      
cil     Crypt. ciliata                      
cog     Crypt. cognata                      
con     Crypt. consobrina                   
cor     Crypt. cordata ("blassii")
crr     Crypt. cordata 'Rosanervig'        
cro     Crypt. coronata 
cri     Crypt. crispatula var. crispatula   
fla     Crypt. crispatula var. flaccidifolia
sin     Crypt. crispatula var. sinensis     
ton     Crypt. crispatula var. tonkinensis  
cru     Crypt. cruddasiana                  
dec     Crypt. decus-silvae                 
dew     Crypt. dewitii                      
did     Crypt. cordata var diderici                     
edi     Crypt. edithiae                     
ell     Crypt. elliptica                    
fer     Crypt. ferruginea                   
fus     Crypt. fusca                        
gra     Crypt. cordata grabowskii                   
gri     Crypt. griffithii                   
hud     Crypt. hudoroi                      
ide     Crypt. ideii                      
jac     Crypt. jacobsenii                   
kee     Crypt. keei                         
lin     Crypt. lingua                       
lon     Crypt. longicauda                   
min     Crypt. minima                       
moe     Crypt. moehlmannii                  
nev     Crypt. nevillii   
nor     Crypt. noritoi                  
nur     Crypt. nurii                        
pal     Crypt. pallidinervia                
par     Crypt. parva                        
pon     Crypt. pontederiifolia
pur     Crypt. purpurea                     
pyg     Crypt. pygmaea
ret     Crypt. retrospiralis                  
sch     Crypt. schulzei                     
scu     Crypt. scurrilis                    
sin     Crypt. crispatula var. sinensis     
siv     Crypt. sivadasanii 
spc     Crypt. spiralis var. cognatoides     
spi     Crypt. spiralis                     
str     Crypt. striolata                    
thw     Crypt. thwaitesii                   
uen     Crypt. uenoi
und     Crypt. undulata
ust     Crypt. usteriana                   
ver     Crypt. versteegii                   
vie     Crypt. vietnamensis
vil     Crypt. villosa                      
wal     Crypt. walkeri                      
wen     Crypt. wendtii                      
tim     Crypt. x timahensis                   
wil     Crypt. x willisii                   
yuj     Crypt. yujii
zai     Crypt. zaidiana
zon     Crypt. cordata var. zonata                       
zuk     Crypt. zukalii  
Cryptocoryne