Cryptantha werdermanniana

Cryptantha werdermanniana I.M.Johnston

Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 73 (1928)


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Pronunciation/Pronunciación:
Cryp-tán-tha  wer-der-man-ni-à-na
Etymology/Etimología:
after Werdermann, who collected the type specimen
Synonyms/Sinónimos:

None known / Ninguno conocido.

Type/Tipo:
Werdermann 1043, Nov. 1925, CHILE: Antofagasta: Taltal, Cerro de la Copa, -25.066666, -69.833333
      Holotype: GH00096668


Protologue from Johnstone (1928):
Cryptantha werdermanniana, sp. nov. annua 5–15 cm. alta hirsuta ascendenter ramosa robusta; foliis lineari-clavatis obtusis hirsutis minute pustulatis 1–3 cm. longis 2–4 mm. latis ascendentibus superioribus paullo reductis; spicis soitariis 2–8 cm. longis ebracteatis; calycibus fructiferis laxe dispositis ascendentibus 7–8 mm. longis basem versus ca. 3 mm. crassis paullo asymmetricis tarde deciduis, basi rotundis cum pedicellis 1–2 mm. longis, lobis linearibus vel lanceolato-linearibus conniventibus sed apicem versus recurvatis costa cum setis fulvescentibus horridis et in marginibus hispido-villosis; corolla iinconspicua ad 4 mm. longa alba, lobis elliptico-obovatis 3 mm. longis 1.2–1.5 mm. latis lanceolato-oblongis maturitate brunneis densissime tuberculatis basi truncatis vel obtusis apice hebetibus margine angulatis dorso obtusis et infra medium obscure carinatis ventre ca. 4/5 longitudinis ad gynobasem quadrangulari-columnarem ca. 2 mm. longam affixis, sulcis paullo asymmetricis apicem versus clausis basem versus divaricata-furcatis in areolam triangularem parvam abrupte ampliatis; stylo ca. 1 mm. longo quam nuculae conspicue longiori.—CHILE: Cerro de la Copa, Dept. Taltal, 2300 m., Nov. 1925, Ilse Francke in Pl. Chile. Werdermann. no. 1043 (TYPE, Gray Herb.).


Holotype:
GH00096668 type specimen
Werdermann 1043, Nov. 1925, CHILE: Antofagasta: Taltal, Cerro de la Copa, ca. -25.066666, -69.833333
     GH00096668





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