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 fruit  CAS0006968 fruit 2
 CAS0006968 fruit with nutlets  CAS0006968 nutlets
CAS0006968 nutlet dorsal view  CAS0006968 nutlet ventral view  CAS0006968 nutlet side view
 CAS0006968 herbarium sheet
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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