- Ron Kelley (Eastern Oregon University) for several suggestions to the taxonomic key and insight into taxonomy of the group
- Jon Rebman (San Diego Natural History Museum) for input on diagnostic features of Cryptantha taxa,
help with editing, and distribution maps of Baja Cryptantha
- Participants at the San Diego Plant Atlas Family Workshop in April 2007 and San Diego Natural History Museum
education programs in October/November 2007 for useful suggestions
- Herbaria at COLO, CAS, RSA-POM, SD, SDSU, and UC-JEPS for past loans of specimens
-Michael Charters excellent website on California Plant Nomenclature for etymologies
- The following organizations, from which distribution maps are reproduced:
The Jepson Interchange and Consortium of California Herbaria
San Diego County Plant Atlas
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
BajaFlora
All photographs are by: Michael G. Simpson, Lee M. Simpson, or students at the SDSU Plant Systematics lab unless otherwise noted.
If you wish to use any of these images, please contact Dr. Simpson for permission.
Contact: msimpson@sunstroke.sdsu.edu