{{Short description|Species of aquatic plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = |genus = Cryptocoryne |species = dewitii |authority = N. Jacobsen }}
'''''Cryptocoryne dewitii''''' is a plant [[species]] belonging to the [[Araceae]] [[genus]] ''[[Cryptocoryne]]''. It was first described in 1977 from dried [[herbarium]] material and named in honor of the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[botanist]] [[Hendrik de Wit]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=''Cryptocoryne dewitii'' N. Jacobsen sp.nov. (Araceae) |journal=[[Botaniska Notiser]] |year=1977 |first=Niels |last=Jacobsen |volume=130 |pages=381–382 }}</ref><ref name=crypts>{{cite web |url=http://www.xs4all.nl/~crypts/Cryptocoryne/Gallery/dew/dew.html |title=Cryptocoryne dewitii |author=Jan D. Bastmeijer |access-date=2024-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728165929/https://crypts.home.xs4all.nl/Cryptocoryne/Gallery/dew/dew.html |archive-date=2022-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Der natürliche Standort von ''Cryptocoryne dewitii'' N. Jacobsen (Araceae) in Papua Neuguinea |journal=[[Aqua Planta]] |year=2010 |first=Takashige |last=Idei |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=23–38 |url=http://www.ak-wasserpflanzen.de/AquaPlanta/Aqua%20Planta.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119201207/http://www.ak-wasserpflanzen.de/AquaPlanta/Aqua%20Planta.htm |archive-date=2010-01-19 }}</ref>
==Distribution== *[[Papua New Guinea]]
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[[Category:Cryptocoryne|dewitii]] [[Category:Aquatic plants]] [[Category:Plants described in 1977]]