|  Pronunciation/Pronunciación: | Cryp-tán-tha chae-to-cà-lyx | 
    
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        Etymology/Etimología: | Greek/griego chaete, bristle/cerda + calyx/cáliz | 
    
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        Synonyms/Sinónimos: | Homotypic: Eritrichium chaetocalyx Philippi, Fl. Atacam. 39 (1860) (Basionym)
 Heterotypic:
 Eritrichium divaricatum Philippi, Anales Univ. Chile 90: 534 (1895); Type: F. Philippi s.n., Sep 1885, SGO000004070, SGO000004071
 Cryptantha divaricata (Philippi) Reiche, Anales Univ. Chile 121: 827 (1907) [Fl. Chile (Reiche) 5: 232. 1910]
 
 Eritrichium pustulosum Philippi, Anales Univ. Chile 90: 537 (1895); Type: F. Philippi s.n., Sep 1879, SGO000004125, SGO000004126, SGO000004127
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        Philippi s.n., Dec. 1853, Chile: CalderaSGO000004050, SGO000004073 (Syntypes?); F0BN017372; GH00096375
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