Cryptantha clevelandii

Pronunciation/Pronunciación:	Cryp-tán-tha cleve-lánd-i-i
Etymology/Etymología:	after Daniel Cleveland, 1838-1929, co-founder of San Diego Natural History Museum
Synonyms/Sinónimos:	Homotypic Synonyms: Krynitzkia clevelandii (Greene) Rattan, West Coast Botany 59. 1898 Cryptantha clevelandii Greene var. genuina I.M. Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. 74: 95. 1925 Heterotypic Synonyms (work in progress): Cryptantha abramsii I.M. Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 52. 1923 TYPE: Leroy Abrams 3139, 14 Mar 1903, San Pedro hills, near Malaga cove, Holotype: GH 00095915 Cryptantha brandegeei I.M. Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 53. 1923 TYPE: T.S. Brandegee s.n., June 1888, Santa Rosa Island, Holotype: GH 00095921 Cryptantha clevelandii Greene var. brandegeei Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 97] 4, 252: 60. 1931 Cryptantha hispidula Greene ex Brand var. abramsii (I.M. Johnston) Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 97] 4, 252: 60. 1931
Type/Tipo:	E. L. Greene s.n., April 1885. USA: California. San Diego Co., San Diego Holotype: CAS 204, barcode 0033083 Isotypes: GH 0095927, SD 00000318

Johnston 1925 Description, p. 95

Description in The Jepson eFlora

Phylogenetic Relationships:

Cladograms from: Top, Simpson et al. 2017:1411, cpDNA results; Bottom, Mabry and Simpson 2018:63, concatenated results.
In all these results, Cryptantha clevelandii (var. clevelandii) is part of a well-supported clade with C. affinis, C. corollata, C. decipiens, and C. aff. wigginsii [=C. catalinensis],
these more distantly related and sister to C. microstachys.

Key to the two recognized varieties (after Kelley 2012 et al.)

Key to varieties:

   Calyx in fruit appressed to stem; nutlets generally 1 per fruit ........................... C. clevelandii var. clevelandii

   Calyx in fruit inclined to ascending to stem; nutlets generally 4 per fruit ........................... C. clevelandii var. florosa

Distribution of two varieties:

Left: Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2012. North American Plant Atlas (http://www.bonap.org/MapSwitchboard.html).
Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2010. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].
COLOR KEY: Dark green=present in state; Light green=present in county, not rare. Accessed 10 Jan 2013
Middle: BajaFlora. 2018. The Flora of Baja California. http://www.bajaflora.org. Accessed on 17 Aug 2018.
Right: CCH2. Click to see current herbarium records.

Cryptantha clevelandii Greene