Oreocarya aperta

Oreocarya aperta Eastwood
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 241. 1903

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Pronunciation/Pronunciación:
 O-re-o-cár-ya  a-pér-ta
Etymology/Etimología:
 open, exposed, flowers opening wide
Synonyms/Sinónimos:

 Homotypic:
Cryptantha aperta (Eastwood) Payson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 14(3): 295. 1927
Type/Tipo:


 A. Eastwood s.n., U.S.A. Colorado: Mesa Co., Grand Junction, 27 Jun 1892
Holotype: CAS884=CAS0006968
Isotypes: GH00097378, NY00335618

Treatment from Higgins 1971 (p. 46)

NOTE: Rare. Known only from the type collection in 1892; presumed extinct.


Distribution of Oreocarya aperta from type collection only, where presumed extinct (red, below)
Oreocarya aperta Distribution map Oreocarya aperta Distribution map 2
LEFT: BONAP. http://bonap.net/tdc.
RIGHT: SEINet. Click to see current herbarium records.


Holotype:
CAS0006968 herbarium sheet  
CAS0006968 fruit CAS0006968 fruit 2
 CAS0006968 fruit with nutlets CAS0006968 nutlets
CAS0006968 nutlet dorsal view CAS0006968 nutlet ventral view CAS0006968 nutlet side view
Oreocarya aperta Eastwood
A. Eastwood s.n. (CAS0006968), 27 Jun 1892
U.S.A. Colorado: Mesa Co., Grand Junction.


Isotypes:
NY00335618 herbarium sheet
Oreocarya aperta Eastwood
A. Eastwood s.n. (NY00335618), 27 Jun 1892
U.S.A. Colorado: Mesa Co., Grand Junction.
GH00097378 herbarium sheet
Oreocarya aperta Eastwood
A. Eastwood s.n. (GH00097378), 27 Jun 1892
U.S.A. Colorado: Mesa Co., Grand Junction.




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