|  Pronunciation/Pronunciación: | Cryp-tán-tha e-chi-nél-la | 
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        Etymology/Etimología: | with little spines, from Gr. echinos, hedgehog or spine + -ella, a suffix denoting small size | 
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        Synonyms/Sinónimos: | Homotypic: Cryptantha ambigua (A. Gray) Greene var. echinella (Greene) Jepson & Hoover, Fl. Calif. [Jepson] 3: 336. 1943 Heterotypic: Cryptantha ambigua (A. Gray) Greene forma robustior Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 97] 4, Fam. 252: 69. 1931 | 
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        Type/Tipo:  | C. F. Sonne 24, 25 July 1886; USA: California, Nevada County, Mt. Stanford, dry, sandy exposed ridge | 
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Cladograms from: Top, Simpson et al. 2017:1411, cpDNA results;  Bottom, Mabry and Simpson 2018:64, Astral results.
    In both results, Cryptantha echinella is sister to Cryptantha incana. 
    
    
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     Left: 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. Accessed 12 Jan 2013.
    Middle: Georeferenced herbarium specimens from CCH2.org,  Leaflet Open Street Map. Click map to see current records.
    Right: Georeferenced herbarium specimens from SEINet,  Leaflet Open Street Map. Click map to see current records.
    
  
  
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