Cryptantha crassisepala (Torrey & A.Gray) Greene
Pittonia 1: 112. 1887

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Pronunciation/Pronunciación:	Cryp-tán-tha  cras-si-sè-pa-la
Etymology/Etimología:	L. crassus, thick + L. sepalus, covering, thus with thick sepals
Synonyms/Sinónimos:	Homotypic:    Eritrichium crassisepalum Torrey, nomen nudum, Pacific Railr. Rep. 1, Pt. 2, Bot. (Pope): 321. 1855    Eritrichium crassisepalum Torrey & A.Gray (basionym), Pacific Railr. Rep. 2, Pt. 4, Bot. (Pope): 171. 1857    Krynitzkia crassisepala (Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 268. 1885 Heterotypic:    Cryptantha dicarpa A.Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 16: 30 (1903)        Type: T.D.A. Cockerell 30, Jan 1903 (RM36885=RM0001553), United States, New Mexico, Mesilla Park, 3800 feet elevation
Type/Tipo:	J. Pope s.n., USA: Texas, Pecos river, western Texas    Holotype: NY00335228    Isotypes: GH00106150, GH00106151
Diagnostic features/ Caracteristicas de diagnstico:	Cryptantha crassisepala is distinctive in having ebracteate flowers, sepals with thickened midribs, and four, heteromorphic nutlets in which the odd/large (adaxial) nutlet is finely papillate and tuberculate-spinulose and the three consimilar nutlets are papillate and coarsely tuberculate, both types with an attachment scar wide from middle to base, often excavated.

Johnston's 1925 Treatment

Johnston's 1959 Treatment

Simpson and Gross (2023): Discovery of C. crassisepala var. elachantha in California

iNaturalist Observations: Research Grade

Phylogenetic Relationships:


Cladograms from: Top, Simpson et al. 2017:1411, cpDNA results; Bottom, Mabry and Simpson 2018:64, Astral results.
In both results, Cryptantha crassisepala (var. elacantha) is sister to C. minima, these sister to a clade of C. kelseyana and C. fendleri.


Key to varieties (from Kelley & Simpson, in prep.):

Corolla rotate, limb 3-6 mm in diameter, appendages prominent, yellow ......................................... C. crassisepala var. crassisepala    Corolla funnelform, limb (1)1.5-2.5 mm in diameter, appendages white to pale yellow ............... C. crassisepala var. elachantha I. M. Johnston

Distribution:
 

Species Distribution (including both varieties)

Distribution of C. crassisepala var. crassisepala

Distribution of C. crassisepala var. elachantha

Top: SEINet. Click to see current herbarium records.
Bottom: Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2012. North American Plant Atlas (http://www.bonap.org/MapSwitchboard.html).
COLOR KEY: Dark green=present in state; Light green=present in county, not rare; Yellow=present in county, rare. Accessed 8 Jan 2013.


Holotype:

Eritrichium crassisepalum [=Crypantha crassisepala]
J. Pope s.n. (NY00335228), United States, Texas, Pecos river, western Texas




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