Cryptantha cycloptera

Pronunciation/Pronunciación:	Cryp-tán-tha cy-clóp-te-ra
Etymology/Etimología:	"ring/circle wing," in reference to the wing encircling the nutlet body
Synonyms/Sinónimos:	Krynitzkia cycloptera Greene Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 207. 1884. (Basionym) Cryptantha pterocarya (Torrey) Greene var. cycloptera (Greene) J. F. MacBride, Contr. Gray Herb. 48: 44. 1916.
Type/Tipo:	Cyrus Guernsey Pringle s.n., 15 April 1884. Hills near Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona.(CAS202=CAS0006884)

Johnston 1925 Description, p. 52 (as C. pterocarya var. cycloptera)

Description in The Jepson eFlora (as C. pterocarya var. cycloptera)

Key to forms of Cryptantha cycloptera
After: Mabry, M. E., R. A. Dowdy, L. M. Simpson, J. P. Rebman, and M. G. Simpson. 2016. Taxonomy of the winged popcorn flower: Cryptantha pterocarya (Boraginaceae). Phytotaxa 253: 97-130.

Nutlets homomorphic with all four nutlets winged ................................................................... C. cycloptera forma cycloptera
Nutlets heteromorphic with odd nutlet having reduced wing at sides and base .............................. C. cycloptera forma truncata

Distribution:

Mabry_etal2016-Cryptantha_cycloptera map

Left: Map from Mabry et al. 2016. Fig. 12B. Right: SEINet observations; click to see current vouchers.

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TYPE SPECIMEN
Cryptantha cycloptera (CAS 202, barcode 0006884)

Nutlet, dorsal view

Nutlet, ventral view

Nutlet, side view

TYPE SPECIMEN
Cryptantha cycloptera (CAS 202, barcode 0006884)
Hills near Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona, USA. Approximate locality: 32.3 N 111.0 W
15 April 1884. Cyrus Guernsey Pringle s.n.

Exemplar:

Nutlet, dorsal view
Scale bar = 1 mm

Nutlet, ventral view
Scale bar = 1 mm

Nutlet, side view
Scale bar = 1 mm

4 Nutlets + Calyx

Charles F. Harbison 41-8, 10 May 1941 (SD28896)
United States, Arizona, Yuma Co., Kofa Mountains

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