# Cryptocoryne dewitii

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Species of aquatic plant

Cryptocoryne dewitii Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Order: Alismatales Family: Araceae Genus: Cryptocoryne Species: C. dewitii Binomial name Cryptocoryne dewitii N. Jacobsen

***Cryptocoryne dewitii*** is a plant [species](/source/Species) belonging to the [Araceae](/source/Araceae) [genus](/source/Genus) *[Cryptocoryne](/source/Cryptocoryne)*. It was first described in 1977 from dried [herbarium](/source/Herbarium) material and named in honor of the [Dutch](/source/Netherlands) [botanist](/source/Botanist) [Hendrik de Wit](/source/Hendrik_de_Wit).[1][2][3]

## Distribution

- [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Jacobsen, Niels (1977). "*Cryptocoryne dewitii* N. Jacobsen sp.nov. (Araceae)". *[Botaniska Notiser](/source/Botaniska_Notiser)*. **130**: 381–382.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-crypts_2-0)** Jan D. Bastmeijer. ["Cryptocoryne dewitii"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220728165929/https://crypts.home.xs4all.nl/Cryptocoryne/Gallery/dew/dew.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.xs4all.nl/~crypts/Cryptocoryne/Gallery/dew/dew.html) on 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2024-12-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Idei, Takashige (2010). ["Der natürliche Standort von *Cryptocoryne dewitii* N. Jacobsen (Araceae) in Papua Neuguinea"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100119201207/http://www.ak-wasserpflanzen.de/AquaPlanta/Aqua%20Planta.htm). *[Aqua Planta](/source/Aqua_Planta)*. **35** (1): 23–38. Archived from [the original](http://www.ak-wasserpflanzen.de/AquaPlanta/Aqua%20Planta.htm) on 2010-01-19.

Taxon identifiers Cryptocoryne dewitii Wikidata: Q5190902 CoL: 6BLPZ EoL: 1092482 GBIF: 2869179 iNaturalist: 817597 IPNI: 86682-1 IRMNG: 10253806 Open Tree of Life: 4001211 Plant List: kew-51988 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:86682-1 Tropicos: 50323773 WFO: wfo-0000933200

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