NORTH AMERICA

The 137 known species of North American Cryptantha. [ = 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
Payson
C. bakeri (Greene) Payson
C. barbigera (A. Gray) Greene
C. barnebyi I. M. Johnston
C. bradburiana
Payson
C. breviflora (Osterhout) Payson
C. caespitosa (A. Nelson) Payson
C. cana (A. Nelson) Payson
C. capitata (A. Nelson) Payson
C. celosioides (Eastwood) Payson
C. cinerea (Greene) Cronquist
C. circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) I. M. Johnston 
C. clevelandii Greene
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. crassisepela (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene
C. crinita Greene
C. crymophila I. M. Johnston
C. decipiens (M. E. Jones) A. Heller
C. dissita I. M. Johnston
C. dumetorum (Greene) Greene
C. echinella Greene
C. echinoides (Jones) Payson
C. echinosepala J. F. MacBride
C. elata (Eastwood) Payson
C. excavata Brandegee
C. fastigiata I. M. Johnston
C. fendleri (A. Gray) Greene
C. flaccida (Lehmann) Greene
C. flava (A. Nelson) Payson
C. flavoculata (A. Nelson) Payson
C. foliosa (Greene) Greene
C. fulvocanescens Payson
C. ganderi I. M. Johnston
C. glomeriflora Greene
C. gracilis Osterhout

C. grahamii I. M. Johnston
C. grayi (Vasey & Rose) Macbride
C. gypsophila Reveal & C. R. Broome
C. hispidula Brand
C. hoffmannii I. M. Johnston
C. holoptera (A. Gray) J. F. Macbr.
C. hooveri I. M. Johnston
C. howellii R. B. Kelley
C. humilis (A. Gray) Payson
C. hysophila I. M. Johnston
C. inaequata I. M. Johnston
C. incana Greene
C. insolita (Macbride) Payson
C. intermedia (A. Gray) Greene
C. interrupta (Greene) Payson
C. jamesii (Torrey) Payson 
C. johnstonii Higgins
C. jonesiana (Payson) Payson)
C. kelseyana Greene
C. leiocarpa (Fischer & C. Meyer) Greene
C. lepida (A. Gray) I. M. Johnston
C. leucophaea (Fisher & C. A. Meyer) Greene
C. longiflora (A. Nelson) Payson
C. macounii (Eastwood) Payson
C. mariposae I. M. Johnston
C. maritima (Greene) Greene 
C. mensana Payson
C. mexicana I. M. Johnston
C. micrantha (Torrey) I. M. Johnston
C. micromeres (A. Gray) Greene
C. microstachys (A. Gray) Greene
C. milobakeri I. M. Johnston
C. minima Rydberg
C. modesta Payson
C. mohavensis (Greene) Greene
C. muricata (Hooker & Arnott) Nelson & J. F. Macbride
C. nana (Eastwood) Payson
C. nemaclada Greene
C. nevadensis Nelson & Kennedy
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
C. patula Greene
C. paysonii (Macbride) I. M. Johnston
C. pondii Greene
C. propria (Nelson & Macbride) Payson
C. pterocarya (Torrey) Greene
C. pusilla (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene
C. pustulosa (Rydberg) Payson
C. racemosa (Watson) Greene
C. recurvata Coville
C. rollinsii I. M. Johnston
C. roosiorum Munz 
C. rostellata (Greene) Greene
C. rugulosa (Payson) Payson
C. salmonensis (Nelson & MacBride) Payson
C. schoolcraftii Tiehm
C. scoparia A. Nelson
C. semiglabra Barneby
C. sericea A. Gray
C. setosissima (A. Gray) Payson
C. shackletteana Higgins
C. sheldonii (Brand) Payson
C. similis K. Mathew & P.H. Raven
C. simulans Greene
C. sobolifera Payson
C. sparsiflora (Greene) Greene
C. spiculifera (Piper) Payson
C. spithamea 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
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. vulcanica
R. B. Kelley
C. watsonii (A. Gray) Greene
C. weberi I. M. Johnston
C. wetherillii (Eastman) Payson
C. wigginsii I. M. Johnston

SYNONYMS:
C. hendersonii (A. Nelson) Piper [=C. intermedia]
C. rattanii Greene [=C. decipiens]

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



LISTING BY INFRAGENERIC GROUP & NUTLET MORPHOLOGY:

Eremocarya (2 species)
C. lepida (A. Gray) I. M. Johnston
C. micrantha (Torrey) I. M. Johnston

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

Oreocarya (69 species)
C. abata I. M. Johnston
C. aperta Payson
C. bakeri (Greene) Payson
C. barnebyi I. M. Johnston
C. bradburiana
Payson
C. breviflora (Osterhout) Payson
C. caespitosa (A. Nelson) Payson
C. cana (A. Nelson) Payson
C. capitata (A. Nelson) Payson
C. celosioides (Eastwood) Payson
C. cinerea (Greene) Cronquist
   var. abortiva (Greene) Cronquist
C. compacta Higgins
C. confertiflora (Greene) Payson
C. crassipes I. M. Johnston
C. crymophila I. M. Johnston 
C. echinoides (Jones) Payson
C. elata (Eastwood) Payson
C. flava (A. Nelson) Payson
C. flavoculata (A. Nelson) Payson
C. fulvocanescens Payson
C. grahamii I. M. Johnston
C. gypsophila Reveal & C. R. Broome
C. hoffmannii I. M. Johnston
C. howellii R. B. Kelley
C. humilis (A. Gray) Payson
C. hysophila I. M. Johnston
C. insolita (Macbride) Payson
C. interrupta (Greene) Payson
C. jamesii (Torrey) Payson 
C. johnstonii Higgins
C. jonesiana (Payson) Payson)
C. leucophaea (Fisher & C. A. Meyer) Greene
C. longiflora (A. Nelson) Payson
C. macounii (Eastwood) Payson
C. mensana Payson
C. modesta Payson
C. nana (Eastwood) 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 (Macbride) I. M. Johnston
C. propria (Nelson & Macbride) Payson
C. pustulosa (Rydberg) Payson
C. rollinsii I. M. Johnston
C. roosiorum Munz  
C. rugulosa (Payson) Payson
C. salmonensis (Nelson & MacBride) Payson
C. schoolcraftii Tiehm
C. semiglabra Barneby
C. sericea A. Gray
C. setosissima (A. Gray) Payson
C. shackletteana Higgins
C. sheldonii (Brand) Payson
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. vulcanica R. B. Kelley  
C. weberi I. M. Johnston
C. wetherillii (Eastman) Payson

Krynitzkia (64 species)

Krynitzkia - smooth nutlets
C. affinis (A. Gray) Greene
C. clevelandii Greene
   var. clevelandii
   var. florosa I. M. Johnst.
C. fendleri (A. Gray) Greene
C. flaccida (Lehmann) Greene 
C. ganderi I. M. Johnston  
C. glomeriflora Greene  
C. gracilis Osterhout
C. grayi (Vasey & Rose) Macbride *
   var. grayi
C. hispidula Brand  
C. incana Greene  
C. leiocarpa (Fischer & C. Meyer) Greene
C. maritima (Greene) Greene *
   var. maritima *
C. microstachys (A. Gray) Greene
C. milobakeri I. M. Johnston  
C. mohavensis (Greene) Greene
C. nemaclada Greene
C. rostellata (Greene) Greene
C. sparsiflora (Greene) Greene
C. spithamea I. M. Johnston
C. torreyana (A. Gray) Greene
C. watsonii (A. Gray) Greene

Krynitzkia - rough, winged-rimmed, heteromorphic nutlets
C. angelica I. M. Johnston
C. fastigiata I. M. Johnston
C. inaequata I. M. Johnston
C. pterocarya (Torrey) Greene *
   var. pterocarya
   var. purpusii Jeps.
C. racemosa (Watson) Greene

Krynitzkia - rough, winged-rimmed, homomorphic nutlets
C. costata Brandegee  
C. holoptera (A. Gray) J. F. Macbride
C. oxygona (A. Gray) Greene
C. pterocarya (Torrey) Greene *
   var. cycloptera (Greene) J.F. Macbr.
C. pusilla (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene
C. utahensis (A. Gray) Greene

Krynitzkia - rough, unwinged, heteromorphic nutlets
C. angustifolia (Torrey) Greene *
C. crassisepela (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene
C. dumetorum (Greene) Greene
C. echinosepala J. F. MacBride
C. maritima (Greene) Greene *
   var. cedrosensis (Green) I. M. Johnston
   var. maritima *
C. micromeres (A. Gray) Greene
C. minima Rydberg

Krynitzkia - rough, unwinged, homomorphic nutlets
C. albida (Kunth) I. M. Johnston 
C. ambigua (A. Gray) Greene
C. angustifolia (Torrey) Greene *
C. barbigera (A. Gray) Greene
   var. barbigera
   var. fergusonae J.F. Macbr.
C. clokeyi I. M. Johnston  
C. corollata (I. M. Johnston) I. M. Johnston
C. crinita Greene  
C. decipiens (M. E. Jones) A. Heller
C. dissita I. M. Johnston 
C. echinella Greene
C. excavata Brandegee
C. foliosa (Greene) Greene
C. grayi (Vasey & Rose) Macbride *
   var. cryptochaeta (Macbr.) I. M. Johnston
   var. grayi
   var. nesiotica I. M. Johnston
C. hooveri I. M. Johnston
C. intermedia (A. Gray) Greene
   var. grandiflora (Rydb.) Cronquist
   var. intermedia
C. mariposae I. M. Johnston
C. mexicana I. M. Johnston
C. muricata (Hooker & Arnott) Nelson & J. F. Macbride
   var. denticulata (Greene) I. M. Johnst.
   var. jonesii (A. Gray) I. M. Johnst.
   var. muricata
C. nevadensis Nelson & Kennedy
   var. nevadensis
   var. rigida I.M. Johnst.
C. pattersonii Greene
C. patula Greene
C. pondii Greene
C. recurvata Coville
C. scoparia A. Nelson
C. simulans Greene
C. texana Greene
C. traskiae I. M. Johnston
C. wigginsii I. M. Johnston



Unplaced at present
C. kelseyana
Greene - heteromorphic

  = both North and South America; * = more than one Krynitzkia group