A species first described in 1999 by Elton M.C. Leme to honor Lyman B. Smith who had described at least 50% of the species of Cryptanthus prior to 1979. The species was discovered in July 1998 near Jaguaripe, Bahia, Brazil, a somewhat coastal town in the Atlantic Forest. It is closely related to Cryptanthus beuckeri in which it differs from by the narrowly, sublinear-lanceolate leaf-blades with its entire or nearly so petiole, and from the simple inflorescence and entire sepals. It has a terrestrial habit, forming small populations sparsely spread out over the dense litter layer that cover the floor of the Atlantic Forest. It looks like a grass, which it is easily mistaken for at a distance. With a caulescent stem from 4 to 7-inches in length, it is a relatively small plant with leaves about 7.5 to 10.75-inches long and about 0.5-inch wide that are lustrous above and densely covered with white trichomes below. The leaves have a slight undulation with very fine spines on the upper half margins. Slender apical shoots can be seen after flowering has occurred and from the caulescent stem below. Having only 8 to 9 leaves that are slightly less than erect, the plant resembles tufted fans of papery, bright green grass.
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