Cryptocoryne

Cryptocoryne Fisch. ex Wydler is a genus of aquatic plants from the family Araceae. The genus is distributed in tropical regions of India, Southeast Asia and New Guinea. The typical habitats are mostly streams and rivers with not too rapidly flowing water, or seasonally inundated forest pools, or on river banks submerged only at high water. They grow from creeping rhizomes and are commonly called water trumpets or crypts.