Cryptantha muricata

Pronunciation/Pronunciación:	Cryp-tán-tha mu-ri-cà-ta
Etymology/Etimología:	"muricate," with coarse, radially elongate, rounded protuberances, longer than wide
Synonyms/Sinónimos:	Homotypic Synonyms: Myosotis muricata Hooker & Arnott, The Botany of Captain Beechey’s Voyage: 369 (1840) (Basionym) Eritrichium muriculatum A.DC., Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis ... (DC.) 10: 132 (1846) [non E. muricatum (Ruiz & Pavon) DC. = Allocarya muricata (Ruiz & Pavon) Reiche = Plagiobothrys muricatus (Ruiz & Pavon) I.M.Johnston] Krynitzkia muriculata (A.DC.) A.Gray, nom. illegit., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 20: 273 (1885) Cryptantha muriculata (A.DC.) Greene, nom. illegit., Pittonia 1: 113 (1887) Cryptantha muricata var. genuina I.M.Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. 74: 70 (1925) Heterotypic Synonyms: Cryptantha horridula Greene, Pittonia 5: 55 (1902) Type: E. L. Greene s.n., 30 June 1889, USA: California, Summit (of the dividing ridge) between San Bernardino (Valley) and Mojave Desert Holotype: NDG01518=NDG40256, Isotype: GH00096047 Paratype(?): Curran s.n., 1885, USA, California, Monterey County, Salinas Valley NDG40257=NDG00096047 Cryptantha muricata var. denticulata: Krynitzkia denticulata Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 205 (1885) Cryptantha denticulata (Greene) Greene, Pittonia 1: 114 (1887) Cryptantha densiflora A.Nelson & P.B.Kennedy, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 19: 156 (1906) Holotype: P.B. Kennedy 952, 29 Sept 1904 (RM0001551), USA: Nevada, Washoe County Cryptantha muricata var. jonesii: Krynitzkia jonesii A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 274 (1885) Cryptantha jonesii (A.Gray) Greene, Pittonia 1: 113 (1887) Cryptantha vitrea Eastwood, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 292 (1900) A. Eastwood s.n., July 1899, USA: California, Fresno County, Bubbs Creek. South Fork of King's River. Holotype: CAS0033116=CAS215, Isotype: GH00096288 Cryptantha muriculata (A.DC.) Greene var. vitrea (Eastw.) Jeps., Man. Fl. Pl. Calif.: 848 (1925), nom. illegit.
Type/Tipo:	D. Douglas, s.n., California. Holotype: GH00097575

Treatment from Johnston 1925: 70-72

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 muricata is part of a well-supported "Maritimae" clade with C. clokeyi, C. martirensis, C. maritima, the South American C. subamplexicaulis, and (in Simpson et al. 2017) Johnstonella echniosepala=Cryptantha echinosepala. Three of these are in Johnston's series Muricatae (K-Mur); C. maritima is in his Maritimae (K-Mar); C. subamplexicaulis is in his Barbigerae (K-Bar).

Distribution:

Upper 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; Yellow=present in county, rare.
Upper Right: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Lower: CCH2. Click to see current records and key to varieties.

Key to varieties:

    Corolla limb 3–8 mm in diameter .................................................................................................................................... Cryptantha muricata var. muricata
    Corolla limb 1–3.5 mm in diameter
        Stem with an obvious central axis and many densely-flowered branches; nutlets muricate, 1.1–1.3(1.9) mm long ..... Cryptantha muricata var. jonesii
        Stem loosely and sparsely branched, without an obvious central axis; nutlets tuberculate, 1.8–2 mm long .......... Cryptantha muricata var. denticulata

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