Cryptantha oxygona

Cryptantha oxygona (A.Gray) Greene

Pittonia 1: 120 (1887)


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Pronunciation/Pronunciación:
Cryp-tán-tha ox-y-gò-na
Etymology/Etimología:
"hidden flower" + "with sharp angles"
Synonyms/Sinónimos:

Eritrichium oxygonum A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 89. 1883. (Basionym)
Krynitzkia oxygona (A. Gray) A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. Arts 20: 277. 1885.

Type/Tipo:
C. B. Pringle, 19 May 1882, S. E. California, on hills bordering the Mohave Desert (Holotype: GH00097028)

Johnston 1925 Description

Description in The Jepson eFlora

Phylogenetic Relationships:
Simpson_etal2017_1411-cpDNA cladogram
Mabry_Simpson2018_63-concat cladogram
Cladograms from: Top, Simpson et al. 2017:1411, cpDNA results; Bottom, Mabry and Simpson 2018, concatenated results.
In all these results, Cryptantha oxygona is part of a well-supported clade with C. mohavensis, C. pterocarya,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:
Cryptantha_oxygona-BONAP map Cryptrantha_oxygona-CCH2 map
LEFT: BONAP. http://bonap.net/tdc. Accessed 18 Sep 2021.
RIGHT: CCH2. Click to see current herbarium records.


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HOLOTYPE
Cryptantha oxygona (A. Gray) Greene (GH00097028)
C. B. Pringle s.n. 19 May 1882.

Nutlet, dorsal view

Nutlet, ventral view

Nutlet, side view

Nutlets + Calyx


HOLOTYPE
Cryptantha oxygona (A. Gray) Greene (GH00097028)
C. B. Pringle s.n. 19 May 1882.
Hills bordering the Mohave Desert.


Cryptantha oxygona (RSA 709140)


Nutlet, dorsal view
Scale bar = 1 mm


Nutlet, ventral view
Scale bar = 1 mm


Nutlet, side view
Scale bar = 1 mm


Cryptantha oxygona
L.M. Moe 2301, 3 May 2002 (RSA709140)


Cryptantha oxygona
S.D. White 11439, 10 May 2006 (RSA717219)

Nutlet, dorsal view
Scale bar = 1 mm

Nutlet, ventral view
Scale bar = 1 mm

Nutlet, side view
Scale bar = 1 mm


Herbarium Sheet


Cryptantha oxygona
(SD138917)

4 Nutlets + Calyx

Cryptantha oxygona
C. Reiser s.n., 4 May 1994 (SD138917)


Cryptantha oxygona (UC 56847)
H. M. Hall 2849, April 1902


Herbarium Sheet


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Cryptantha oxygona (UC 56847)
H. M. Hall 2849, April 1902




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