Six species are accepted by
Plants of the World Online as of February 2025. In 2016 the Canary Islands endemic
Cryptotaenia elegans was moved to genus
Daucus as
Daucus elegans. •
Cryptotaenia africana (Hook.f.) Drude - Gabon •
Cryptotaenia calycina C.C.Towns. - Tanzania •
Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC. - eastern + central North America •
Cryptotaenia flahaultii (Woronow) Koso-Pol. - Republic of Georgia •
Cryptotaenia japonica Hassk. - Japan, Korea, China •
Cryptotaenia polygama C.C.Towns. - Tanzania
Formerly placed here •
Daucus elegans (as
Cryptotaenia elegans Webb ex Bolle) ==References==