Cryptantha bartolomaei Greene

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NOTE: Currently considered a synonym of Cryptantha pondii Greene, but complex needs work.

See comments from Johnston 1928 for evidence that Cryptantha bartolomaei is based on same collection as C. pondii.

Pronunciation/Pronunciación:	Cryp-tán-tha  bar-tó-lo-mae-i
Etymology/Etimología:	presumably after San Bartolomé [=Bay of Tortuga], perhaps where type collected
Synonyms/Sinónimos:	=Cryptantha pondii Greene, sensu Johnston 1928
Type/Tipo:	Lieut. Charles F. Pond s.n., 1889, MEXICO: Baja California ("Coast of Lower California")       possible Holotype: NDG01483; Isotype: GH00096293; GH00096299

Protologue from Pittonia 2: 232 (1892):

22. CRYPTANTHE BARTOLOMAEI. Aspect, pubescence and inflorescence of C. Utahensis, but the minute (1/2 line long) [=ca. 1.1 mm long] ovate-lanceolate nutlets (4 and consimilar) perfectly smooth and lucid, and without margin; the ventral groove shortly bifurcate at the base, but closed throughout.     Bay of San Bartolomé [Bay of Tortuga today], Lower California, Lieut. Pond, 1889. A connecting link between the oxygona and leiocarpa groups in the genus.

Note: Comments in square brackets []. Note description of nutlets as smooth and lucid.


Holotype:
  
 
 
 
 
Charles F. Pond s.n., 1889, MEXICO: Baja California ("Coast of Lower California")
      Holotype: NDG40169=NDG01483


Isotype:
Charles F. Pond s.n., 1889, MEXICO: Baja California ("Coast of Lower California")
      Isotype: GH00096299


Isotype:
Charles F. Pond s.n., 1889, MEXICO: Baja California ("Coast of Lower California")
      Isotype: GH00096293




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