Cryptandra is a genus of flowering plants family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Australia. Most plants in the genus Cryptandra are spiny, heath-like shrubs with small, clustered leaves and flowers crowded at the ends of branches, the flowers are usually small, surrounded by brown bracts, and with tube-shaped hypanthium, the petals hooded over the anthers.[2][3][4][5]
The genus Cryptandra was first formally described in 1798 by James Edward Smith in the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.[6][7] The genus name means "hidden man", referring to the stamens.[8]
The following is a list of species of Cryptandra accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at August 2022:[9]
Cryptandra arbutiflora 
Cryptandra spinescens in the Australian National Botanic Gardens Cryptandra is a genus of flowering plants family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Australia. Most plants in the genus Cryptandra are spiny, heath-like shrubs with small, clustered leaves and flowers crowded at the ends of branches, the flowers are usually small, surrounded by brown bracts, and with tube-shaped hypanthium, the petals hooded over the anthers.
