NORTH AMERICA

The approximately 129 known species of North American Cryptantha s.l. [ = also in South America.]
[NOTE: Scale bars of all photographs = 1 mm]

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ALPHABETICAL LISTING:

C. abata I. M. Johnston
C. affinis (A. Gray) Greene
C. albida (Kunth) I. M. Johnston 
C. ambigua (A. Gray) Greene
C. angelica I. M. Johnston
C. angustifolia (Torrey) Greene
C. aperta
(Eastwood) Payson
C. atwoodii Higgins
C. bakeri (Greene) Payson
C. barbigera (A. Gray) Greene
   var. barbigera
   var. fergusoniae J.F. Macbride
C. barnebyi I. M. Johnston
C. breviflora (Osterhout) Payson
C. caespitosa (A. Nelson) Payson
C. cana (A. Nelson) Payson
C. capitata (Eastwood) I. M. Johnston
C. celosioides (Eastwood) Payson
C. cinerea (Greene) Cronquist
   var. abortiva (Greene) Cronquist
   var. arenicola L. C. Higgins & S. L. Welsh
   var. cinerea [C. c. var. multicaulis]
   var. disticha
   var. jamesii Cronquist
   var. laxa (MacBride) L. C. Higgins
   var. pustulosa (Rydberg) L. C. Higgins
   var. setosa
C. circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) I. M. Johnston 
C. clevelandii Greene
   var. clevelandii
   var. florosa I. M. Johnston
C. clokeyi I. M. Johnston
C. compacta Higgins
C. confertiflora (Greene) Payson
C. corollata (I. M. Johnston) I. M. Johnston
C. costata Brandegee
C. crassipes I. M. Johnston
C. crassisepala (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene
C. creutzfeldtii S. L. Welsh
C. crinita Greene
C. crymophila I. M. Johnston
C. decipiens (M. E. Jones) A. Heller
C. dissita I. M. Johnston
C. dumetorum (Greene ex A. Gray) Greene
C. echinella Greene
C. echinosepala J. F. MacBride
C. elata (Eastwood) Payson
C. excavata Brandegee
C. fastigiata I. M. Johnston
C. fendleri (A. Gray) Greene
C. flaccida (Douglas ex Lehmann) Greene
C. flava (A. Nelson) Payson
C. flavoculata (A. Nelson) Payson
C. foliosa (Greene) Greene

C. fulvocanescens (S. Watson) Payson
C. ganderi I. M. Johnston
C. glomeriflora Greene
C. gracilis Osterhout
C. grahamii I. M. Johnston
C. grayi (Vasey & Rose) Macbride 
   var. cryptochaeta I. M. Johnston
   var. grayi  
   var. nesiotica I. M. Johnston 
C. gypsophila Reveal & C. R. Broome
C. gypsites I. M. Johnston
C. hispidula Greene ex Brand
C. hoffmannii I. M. Johnston
C. holoptera (A. Gray) J. F. Macbr.
C. hooveri I. M. Johnston
C. humilis (A. Gray) Payson
C. hypsophila I. M. Johnston
C. inaequata I. M. Johnston
C. incana Greene
C. intermedia (A. Gray) Greene 
   var. hendersonii (A. Nelson) Jepson & Hoover
   var. intermedia
C. interrupta (Greene) Payson
C. johnstonii Higgins
C. jonesiana (Payson) Payson
C. kelseyana Greene
C. leiocarpa (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) Greene
C. leucophaea (Douglas) Payson
C. longiflora (A. Nelson) Payson
C. mariposae I. M. Johnston
C. maritima (Greene) Greene 
   var. cedrosensis (Greene) I. M. Johnston
   var. maritima
   var. pilosa I. M. Johnston
C. mensana (M. E. Jones) Payson
C. mexicana I. M. Johnston
C. micrantha (Torrey) I. M. Johnston
   var. lepida (A. Gray) I. M. Johnston
   
var. micrantha
C. micromeres (A. Gray) Greene
C. microstachys (Greene ex A. Gray) Greene
C. milobakeri I. M. Johnston
C. minima Rydberg
C. mohavensis (Greene) Greene
C. muricata (Hooker & Arnott) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride
   var. denticulata (Greene) I. M. Johnston
   var. jonesii (A. Gray) I. M. Johnston
   var. muricata
C. nemaclada Greene
C. nevadensis A. Nelson & P. B. Kennedy
   var. nevadensis
   var. rigida I.M. Johnston
C. nubigena (Greene) Payson
C. oblata (M. E. Jones) Payson
C. ochroleuca Higgins
C. osterhoutii (Payson) Payson

C. oxygona (A. Gray) Greene
C. palmeri (A. Gray) Payson
C. paradoxa (A. Nelson) Payson
C. pattersonii Greene [Note: taxon questionable]
C. patula Greene
C. paysonii (J. F. Macbride) I. M. Johnston
C. propria (A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride) Payson
C. pterocarya (Torrey) Greene 
   var. cycloptera (Greene) J. F. Macbride
   var. pterocarya
   var. purpusii Jepson
C. pusilla (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene
C. pustulosa (Rydberg) Payson
C. racemosa (S. Watson ex A. Gray) Greene
C. rattanii Greene
C. recurvata Coville
C. rollinsii I. M. Johnston
C. roosiorum Munz 
C. rostellata (Greene) Greene
C. rugulosa (Payson) Payson
C. salmonensis (A. Nelson & J. F. MacBride) Payson
C. schoolcraftii Tiehm
C. scoparia A. Nelson
C. semiglabra Barneby
C. sericea (A. Gray) Payson
C. setosissima (A. Gray) Payson
C. shackletteana Higgins
C. similis K. Mathew & P.H. Raven
C. simulans Greene
C. sobolifera Payson
C. sparsiflora (Greene) Greene
C. spiculifera (Piper) Payson
C. spithamaea I. M. Johnston
C. stricta (Osterhout) Payson
C. subretusa
I. M. Johnston
C. tenuis
(Eastwood) Payson
C. texana Greene
C. thompsonii I. M. Johnston
C. thrysiflora (Greene) Payson
C. torreyana (A. Gray) Greene
   var. pumila (A. Heller) I. M. Johnston
   var. torreyana
C. traskiae I. M. Johnston
C. tumulosa (Payson) Payson
C. utahensis (A. Gray) Greene
C. virgata (Porter) Payson
C. virginensis (M. E. Jones) Payson
C. watsonii (A. Gray) Greene
C. weberi I. M. Johnston
C. wetherillii (Eastman) Payson
C. wigginsii I. M. Johnston


UNVERIFIED:
C. ramosissima Greene
C. ramulosissima A. Nelson

POSSIBLE NEW TAXON IN (PROGRESS)
C. sp. nov.


LISTING BY GROUP:

Cryptantha s.s. (54 species)
C. affinis (A. Gray) Greene
C. albida (Kunth) I. M. Johnston 
C. ambigua (A. Gray) Greene
C. barbigera (A. Gray) Greene
   var. barbigera
   var. fergusoniae J.F. Macbride
C. clevelandii Greene
   var. clevelandii
   var. florosa I. M. Johnston
C. clokeyi I. M. Johnston  
C. corollata (I. M. Johnston) I. M. Johnston
C. crassisepala (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene
C. crinita Greene  
C. decipiens (M. E. Jones) A. Heller
C. dissita I. M. Johnston
C. dumetorum (Greene ex A. Gray) Greene
C. echinella Greene
C. excavata Brandegee
C. fendleri (A. Gray) Greene
C. flaccida (Douglas ex Lehmann) Greene 
C. foliosa (Greene) Greene
C. ganderi I. M. Johnston  
C. glomeriflora Greene  
C. gracilis Osterhout
C. gypsites I. M. Johnston
C. hispidula Greene ex Brand  
C. hooveri I. M. Johnston
C. incana Greene  
C. intermedia (A. Gray) Greene 
   var. hendersonii (A. Nelson) Jepson & Hoover
   var. intermedia
C. kelseyana Greene
C. leiocarpa (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) Greene
C. mariposae I. M. Johnston
C. maritima (Greene) Greene 
   var. cedrosensis (Greene) I. M. Johnston
   var. maritima
   var. pilosa I. M. Johnston
C. mexicana I. M. Johnston
C. microstachys (Greene ex A. Gray) Greene
C. milobakeri I. M. Johnston  
C. minima Rydberg
C. mohavensis (Greene) Greene
C. muricata (Hooker & Arnott) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride
   var. denticulata (Greene) I. M. Johnston
   var. jonesii (A. Gray) I. M. Johnston
   var. muricata
C. nemaclada Greene
C. nevadensis A. Nelson & P. B. Kennedy
   var. nevadensis
   var. rigida I.M. Johnston
C. oxygona (A. Gray) Greene
C. pattersonii Greene [Note: taxon questionable]
C. patula Greene
C. pterocarya (Torrey) Greene 
   var. cycloptera (Greene) J.F. Macbride
   var. pterocarya
   var. purpusii Jepson
C. rattanii Greene
C. recurvata Coville
C. rostellata (Greene) Greene
C. scoparia A. Nelson
C. simulans Greene
C. sparsiflora (Greene) Greene
C. spithamaea I. M. Johnston
C. texana Greene
C. torreyana (A. Gray) Greene
   var. pumila (A. Heller) I. M. Johnston
   var. torreyana
C. traskiae I. M. Johnston
C. utahensis (A. Gray) Greene
C. watsonii (A. Gray) Greene
C. wigginsii I. M. Johnston

Eremocarya (1 species)
C. micrantha (Torrey) I. M. Johnston
   var. lepida (A. Gray) I. M. Johnston
   
var. micrantha

Greeneocharis [Piptocalyx] (2 species)
C. circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) I. M. Johnston 
   var. circumscissa
   var. rosulata J.T. Howell
C. similis K. Mathew & P.H. Raven

Johnstonella (11 species)
C. angelica I. M. Johnston
C. angustifolia (Torrey) Greene
C. costata Brandegee  
C. echinosepala J. F. MacBride
C. fastigiata I. M. Johnston
C. grayi (Vasey & Rose) Macbride 
   var. cryptochaeta I. M. Johnston
   var. grayi  
   var. nesiotica I. M. Johnston 
C. holoptera (A. Gray) J. F. Macbride
C. inaequata I. M. Johnston
C. micromeres (A. Gray) Greene
C. pusilla (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene
C. racemosa (S. Watson ex A. Gray) Greene

Oreocarya (61 species)
C. abata I. M. Johnston
C. aperta (Eastwood) Payson
C. atwoodii Higgins
C. bakeri (Greene) Payson
C. barnebyi I. M. Johnston
C. breviflora (Osterhout) Payson
C. caespitosa (A. Nelson) Payson
C. cana (A. Nelson) Payson
C. capitata (Eastwood) I. M. Johnston
C. celosioides (Eastwood) Payson
C. cinerea (Greene) Cronquist
   var. abortiva (Greene) Cronquist
   var. arenicola L. C. Higgins & S. L. Welsh
   var. cinerea [C. c. var. multicaulis]
   var. disticha
   var. jamesii Cronquist
   var. laxa (MacBride) L. C. Higgins
   var. pustulosa (Rydberg) L. C. Higgins
   var. setosa
C. compacta Higgins
C. confertiflora (Greene) Payson
C. crassipes I. M. Johnston
C. creutzfeldtii S. L. Welsh
C. crymophila I. M. Johnston 
C. elata (Eastwood) Payson
C. flava (A. Nelson) Payson
C. flavoculata (A. Nelson) Payson
C. fulvocanescens (S. Watson) Payson
C. grahamii I. M. Johnston
C. gypsophila Reveal & C. R. Broome
C. hoffmannii I. M. Johnston
C. humilis (A. Gray) Payson
C. hypsophila I. M. Johnston
C. interrupta (Greene) Payson
C. johnstonii Higgins
C. jonesiana (Payson) Payson
C. leucophaea (Douglas) Payson
C. longiflora (A. Nelson) Payson
C. mensana (M. E. Jones) Payson
C. nubigena (Greene) Payson
C. oblata (M. E. Jones) Payson
C. ochroleuca Higgins
C. osterhoutii (Payson) Payson
C. palmeri (A. Gray) Payson
C. paradoxa (A. Nelson) Payson
C. paysonii (J. F. Macbride) I. M. Johnston
C. propria (A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride) Payson
C. pustulosa (Rydberg) Payson
C. rollinsii I. M. Johnston
C. roosiorum Munz  
C. rugulosa (Payson) Payson
C. salmonensis (A. Nelson & J. F. MacBride) Payson
C. schoolcraftii Tiehm
C. semiglabra Barneby
C. sericea (A. Gray) Payson
C. setosissima (A. Gray) Payson
C. shackletteana Higgins
C. sobolifera Payson
C. spiculifera (Piper) Payson
C. stricta (Osterhout) Payson
C. subretusa I. M. Johnston
C. tenuis (Eastwood) Payson
C. thompsonii I. M. Johnston
C. thrysiflora (Greene) Payson
C. tumulosa (Payson) Payson
C. virgata (Porter) Payson
C. virginensis (M. E. Jones) Payson
C. weberi I. M. Johnston
C. wetherillii (Eastman) Payson

  = both North and South America