Greeneocharis circumscissa

Greeneocharis circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) Rydberg
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 677 (1909)


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Pronunciation/Pronunciación:
Greene-ó-cha-ris cir-cum-scís-sa
Etymology/Etimología:
"around" + "cut", in reference to the circumscissal calyx
Synonyms/Sinónimos:
Basionym:
   
Lithospermum circumscissum Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Beechey Voy. 370 (1840)
Homotypic synonyms:
   Piptocalyx circumscissus (Hooker & Arnott) Torrey, nom. illegit., U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. Pacific N. Amer. 17(2): 414, t. 12 (1874); C. Wilkes Expl. Exped.
   Eritrichium circumscissum (Hooker & Arnott) A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 58 (1874)
   Krynitzkia circumscissa (Hooker & Arn.) A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 275 (1885)
   Wheelerella circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) G.B.Grant, nom. illegit. (superfluous name) Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 5: 28 (1906)
   Cryptantha circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) I.M.Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 55 (1923)
   Cryptantha circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) I.M.Johnston var. genuina, nom. inval. [=var. circumscissa], Contr. Gray Herb. 74: 41 (1925)
Heterotypic synonyms:
   Krynitzkia dichotoma Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1(4): 206 (1885)
          Piptocalyx dichotomus (Greene) Greene, Pittonia 1: 60 (1887)
         Wheelerella dichotoma (Greene) G.B.Grant, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 5: 28 (1906)
         Greeneocharis dichotoma (Greene) J.F.Macbride, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 51: 546 (1916); Holotype: GH0097675
         Cryptantha dichotoma (Greene) I.M.Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 55 (1923)
   Cryptantha depressa A.Nelson, Bot. Gaz. 34: 29 (1902)
   Greeneocharis circumscissa var. hispida J.F.Macbride, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 51: 546 (1916)
          Type: J .D. Culbertson 4243, 1904-08-31; USA: California, Trail to Mt. Whitney, 10,000 feet; Holotype: GH0095922

        Cryptantha circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) I.M.Johnston var. hispida (J.F.Macbride) I.M.Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. 74: 42 (1925)
Cryptantha exigua Osterh., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 57: 560 (1930 publ. 1931), Osterhout 7338, GH00095939, RM0001554
Type/Tipo:
W. F. Tolmie, s.n., collected for W. J. Hooker, s.n., U.S.A.: "Snake Country," possibly California; Date unknown, possibly 1827 (E00026028)

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Key to currently accepted varieties of Greeneocharis circumscissa (from above)
      Stem generally 4-10 cm; calyx 3–4 mm in fruit; style extended ± = mature nutlets; nutlet acute; leaf margin rolled under ..... var. circumscissa

      Stem 0.5–2 cm; calyx 2.5–3 mm in fruit; style extended < mature nutlets; nutlet acuminate; leaf margin ± flat .................... var. rosulata





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