Cryptantha mohavensis (Greene) Greene Pittonia 1: 120. 1887 |
Pronunciation/Pronunciación: |
Cryp-tán-tha mo-ha-vén-sis |
Etymology/Etimología: |
of the Mohave desert or river |
Synonyms/Sinónimos: |
Homotypic: Krynitzkia mohavensis Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1(4): 207. 1885 (BASIONYM) Heterotypic: Cryptantha fallax Greene, Pittonia 5: 54. 1902 [non Cryptantha fallax Reiche, nom. illegit., Anales Univ. Chile 121: 817. 1907, Fl. Chile [Reiche] 222. 1910] Cryptantha oxygona var. mohavensis Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 97] 4, Fam. 252: 52. 1931 |
Type/Tipo: |
M.K. Curran s.n., 1884, U.S.A.: California, Mohave Desert (CAS00123282) |
Johnston 1925 Description
Description in The Jepson eFlora
Phylogenetic Relationships:
Cladograms from: Top, Simpson et al. 2017:1411, cpDNA results; Bottom, Mabry and Simpson 2018, concatenated results.
In all these results, Cryptantha mohavensis is part of a well-supported clade with C. pterocarya (sister), C. oxygona, C. gracilis, and C. utahensis,
three of these in Johnston's series Pterocaryae), this clade sister to one including C. nevadensis and C. scoparia.
Distribution:
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LEFT: Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2012. North American Plant Atlas (http://bonap.net/tdc).
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; Yellow=present in county, rare; Yellow-hatched=present in county questionable. Accessed 2 Jan 2013.
MIDDLE & RIGHT: California Consortium of Herbaria (middle & right), Feb 2012.
Type (Holotype) Specimen:
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Cryptantha mohavensis (Greene) Greene
Curran s.n., 1884, U.S.A.: California, Mohave Desert (CAS00123282)
Courtesy of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Representative Specimens:
Note smooth, shiny, compressed, ovate nutlets (2-2.5 mm long) with sharply angled margins (esp. near apex) and relatively large corolla.
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Phylogenetic Relationships:
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In all these results, Cryptantha mohavensis is part of a well-supported clade with C. pterocarya (sister), C. oxygona, C. gracilis, and C. utahensis,
three of these in Johnston's series Pterocaryae), this clade sister to one including C. nevadensis and C. scoparia.
Distribution:
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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; Yellow=present in county, rare; Yellow-hatched=present in county questionable. Accessed 2 Jan 2013.
MIDDLE & RIGHT: California Consortium of Herbaria (middle & right), Feb 2012.
Type (Holotype) Specimen:
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Curran s.n., 1884, U.S.A.: California, Mohave Desert (CAS00123282)
Courtesy of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Representative Specimens:
Note smooth, shiny, compressed, ovate nutlets (2-2.5 mm long) with sharply angled margins (esp. near apex) and relatively large corolla.
[Click on image for higher magnification.]
Ertter 6036, 21 April 1986 (SD129726) USA: California, Kern County. S. Sierra Nevada, E of Isabella Lake; Pacific Crest Trail 1-2 mi NE of Walker Pass near switchbacks Approximate Locality: 35.6676598, -118.0132666 Courtesy of the San Diego Natural History Museum (SD) |
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L Gross 2273, 19 May 2005 (RSA712528) USA: California, Kern County 34.92007, -118.50139, 3,850 ft. (1174 m) Courtesy of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (RSA) |
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