Cryptantha mariposae

Cryptantha mariposae I.M.Johnst.
Contr. Gray Herb. 74: 73-74 (1925)

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Pronunciation/Pronunciación:
 Cryp-tán-tha  ma-ri-pò-sae
Etymology/Etimología:
 of or from Mariposa County, California, where the type specimen was collected
Synonyms/Sinónimos:
 None known (resembles C. spithamaea I. M. Johnston)
Type/Tipo:

J. W. Congdon C59, 2 May 1890, USA: California, Mariposa County, GH00096057 (Holotype)


Protologue from Contr. Gray Herb. 74: 73-74 (1925):

33. C. mariposae, sp. nov., humilis saepe basaliter ramosa 5-15 cm alta; ramis paucis laxe ascendentibus breviter strigosis; follis paucis firmis oblanceolatis vel oblongo-oblanceolatis 0.8-1.8 mm. longis 2-5 mm. latis obtusis integerrimis adpresse breviter hispidis inconspicue pustulatis, superioribus paullo reductis, inferioribus oppositis subpersistentibus; spicis solitariis vel geminatis 3-10 cm. longis rigidis ebracteatis vel basem versus pauce folioso-bracteatis; floribus obscure biseriatis, inferioribus 5-10 cm. distantibus; calycibus fructiferis oblongo-ovatis 5-7mm. longis ascendentibus subsessilibus; lobis calycis lineari-lanceolatis in costa infra medium cum setis flavescentibus horridis et in marginibus adpresse hispidis, supra medium breviter hirsutis et saepe recurvatis; corolla conspicua 3-6 mm. lata; nuculis homomorphis 4 (rare 1-2 abortis) ovatis acuminatis 2-2.5 mm. longis saepe granulatis basi truncatis margine rotundis vel obtusis ventre 2/5-1/2 longitudiuis ad gynobasem quadrangulari-columnarem ca. 1 mm. longam affixis; sulcis basem versus paullo gradatim ampliatis ad imam basem divaricato-furcatis et areolam triangularem profundam formantibus; stylo ca. 0.8 mm. longo quam nuculae evidenter breviori.

English Translation:
33. C. mariposae, sp. nov., low often basally branched, 5-15 cm tall; few loosely ascending branches, shortly strigose; leaves few, firm, oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, 0.8-1.8 mm. [cm?] long, 2-5 mm. wide, obtuse, entire, trichomes appressed, short, inconspicuously pustulate, slightly reduced above; leaves opposite and subpersistent below; cymules solitary or paired, 3-10 cm. long, rigid, ebractate or slightly foliose-bractate towards the base; flowers obscurely 2-rowed, 5-10 cm. long, [flowers?] separated below; fruiting calyces oblong-ovate, 5-7 mm. long, ascending, subsessile; calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, with rough, yellowish setae on the costa below middle, appressed hairy on the margins, shortly hirsute and often recurved above the middle; corolla conspicuous, 3-6 mm. wide; nutlets homomorphic, 4 (rarely 1-2 aborted), ovate, acuminate, 2-2.5 mm. long, often granulate [low-tuberculate?] basally, truncate, with rounded or obtuse margins, ventrally attached 2/5-1/2 nutlet length to the quadrangular-columnar gynobase ca. 1 mm. long; ventral groove gradually widening towards the base, basally divaricate-furcate with a deep, triangular areole; style ca. 0.8 mm. long, evidently shorter than the nutlet.    

  Known only from Mariposa County, California.
CALIFORNIA. Mariposa, April 27, 1898, Congdon (UC); Mariposa, May 1903, Congdon (UC); Mariposa County, May 2, 1890, Congdon C59 (TYPE, Gray Herb.).

      A peculiar plant with small, broad, thickish leaves and low, loosely branched, coarse, rigid stems. It has passed as C. ambigua and C. barbigera but is distinct from both, differing in its large corollas, low stiff habit, strigose stems and in the shape and attachment of the nutlets. In having basally truncate and acuminate nutlets it somewhat suggests C. muricata, var. denticulata, but is very different in its low habit, strigose pubescence and short style and gynobase. The young spikes are not so tawny as are those of C. muricata.


Johnston 1925 Description, p. 73-74

 Jepson eFlora Treatment

Ranking:
Cryptantha mariposae has a Calfornia Rare Plant Rank of 1B.3 in the CNPS Inventory.


Phylogenetic Relationships:
Simpson2017-p1141-Fig2-cpDNA cladogram
Mabry_Simpson2018-Fig6-p64-Astral cladogram
Cladograms from: Top, Simpson et al. 2017:1411, cpDNA results; Bottom, Mabry and Simpson 2018:64, Astral results.
In all these results, Cryptantha mariposae is part of a well-supported clade, is sister to C. crinita, these two sister to C. ambigua and C. torreyana and these four sister to C. watsonii.

Distribution:
USA: California, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, San Benito, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties
BONAP distribution map of Cryptantha mariposae.
 CCH1 distribution map of Cryptantha mariposae.
CCH2 distribution map of Cryptantha mariposae.
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 18 Apr 2014.
MIDDLE: Courtesy of the California Consortium of Herbaria. Accessed 7 Sep 2011. RIGHT: CCH2. Click to see live records.


Holotype:
Image of holotype of Cryptantha mariposae: J. W. Congdon C59, 2 May 1890, USA: California, Mariposa County, GH00096057
Close-up Image of holotype of Cryptantha mariposae: J. W. Congdon C59, 2 May 1890, USA: California, Mariposa County, GH00096057
J. W. Congdon C59, 2 May 1890, USA: California, Mariposa County, GH00096057


Exemplars:
Nutlet, dorsal view, of Cryptantha mariposae from D. W. Taylor 14313, 14 Feb. 2003 (JEPS100628) Nutlet, ventral view, of Cryptantha mariposae from D. W. Taylor 14313, 14 Feb. 2003 (JEPS100628) Nutlet, lateral view, of Cryptantha mariposae from D. W. Taylor 14313, 14 Feb. 2003 (JEPS100628)
Herbarium specimen of Cryptantha mariposae from D. W. Taylor 14313, 14 Feb. 2003 (JEPS100628) Close-up of herbarium specimen of Cryptantha mariposae from D. W. Taylor 14313, 14 Feb. 2003 (JEPS100628) Fruiting calyx with 4 nutlets of Cryptantha mariposae from D. W. Taylor 14313, 14 Feb. 2003 (JEPS100628)
Second fruiting calyx with 4 nutlets of Cryptantha mariposae from D. W. Taylor 14313, 14 Feb. 2003 (JEPS100628) Third fruiting calyx with nutlets of Cryptantha mariposae from D. W. Taylor 14313, 14 Feb. 2003 (JEPS100628) Close-up of third fruiting calyx with nutlets of Cryptantha mariposae from D. W. Taylor 14313, 14 Feb. 2003 (JEPS100628) Flowers of Cryptantha mariposae from D. W. Taylor 14313, 14 Feb. 2003 (JEPS100628) Stem and leaves of Cryptantha mariposae from D. W. Taylor 14313, 14 Feb. 2003 (JEPS100628)
Cryptantha mariposae
D. W. Taylor 14313, 14 Feb. 2003 (JEPS100628)
USA: California, Mariposa Co.
Approximately: 37.500 -119.984, 2,700 feet


Nutlet, dorsal view, of Cryptantha mariposae A. Eastwood 8767, 25 April 1941 (POM304535) Nutlet, ventral view, of Cryptantha mariposae A. Eastwood 8767, 25 April 1941 (POM304535) Nutlet, lateral view, of Cryptantha mariposae A. Eastwood 8767, 25 April 1941 (POM304535)
Herbarium specimen of Cryptantha mariposae A. Eastwood 8767, 25 April 1941 (POM304535) Close-up of herbarium specimen of Cryptantha mariposae A. Eastwood 8767, 25 April 1941 (POM304535) Fruitng calyx with 3 nutlets of Cryptantha mariposae A. Eastwood 8767, 25 April 1941 (POM304535)
Cryptantha mariposae
A. Eastwood 8767, 25 April 1941 (POM304535)
Mt. Bullion, Marioposa Co., California, USA
Approximately: 37.507293, -120.045072, 2,200 feet
Herbarium specimen image of Cryptantha mariposae George L. Helmkamp 15796, 3 April 2010 (SDSU20826)
Cryptantha mariposae
George L. Helmkamp 15796, 3 April 2010 (SDSU20826)
USA, California, Amador Co., Low foothills northern Sierra Nevada Mountains: 4.35 mi. NE of Ione, Junction of Tonzi Road and CA-124/East Plymouth HWY.
38.40667 -120.89111, 180 meters elevation




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