SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The 50 Cryptantha species and 58 taxa of Southern California
[NOTE: Scale bars of all photographs = 1 mm]
[Updated 14 Sept. 2011]

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DICHOTOMOUS KEY

List of Technical Terms Used in Keys 

ALPHABETICAL LISTING:

C. affinis (A. Gray) Greene
C. angustifolia (Torrey) Greene
C. barbigera (A. Gray) Greene
   var. barbigera
   var. fergusoniae J. F. Macbride.
C. cinerea (Greene) Cronquist
   var. abortiva (Greene) Cronquist
C. circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) I. M. Johnston
   var. circumscissa
C. clevelandii Greene
   var. clevelandii
   var. florosa I. M. Johnston
C. clokeyi I. M. Johnston  1B.1
C. confertiflora (Greene) Payson
C. corollata (I. M. Johnston) I. M. Johnston
C. costata Brandegee  4.3
C. decipiens (M. E. Jones) A. Heller
C. dumetorum (Greene ex A. Gray) Greene
C. echinella Greene
C. fendleri (A. Gray) Greene  2.3
C. flaccida (Douglas ex Lehmann) Greene  WI
C. flavoculata (A. Nelson) Payson

C. ganderi I. M. Johnston  1B.1
C. glomeriflora Greene  4.3
C. gracilis Osterhout
C. hoffmannii I. M. Johnston
C. holoptera (A. Gray) J. F. Macbride  4.3
C. humilis (A. Gray) Payson
C. inaequata I. M. Johnston
C. intermedia (A. Gray) Greene  WI/IN
    var. intermedia
C. leiocarpa (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) Greene
C. maritima (Greene) Greene 
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. 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. oxygona (A. Gray) Greene
C. pterocarya (Torrey) Greene
   var. cycloptera (Greene) J.F. Macbr.
   var. pterocarya
   var. purpusii Jepson
C. racemosa (S. Watson ex A. Gray) Greene
C. recurvata Coville
C. roosiorum Munz  1B.2
C. scoparia A. Nelson  4.3
C. similis K. Mathew & P.H. Raven
C. simulans Greene
C. sparsiflora (Greene) Greene
C. torreyana (A. Gray) Greene
   var. torreyana
C. traskiae I. M. Johnston  1B.2
C. tumulosa (Payson) Payson  4.3
C. utahensis (A. Gray) Greene
C. virginensis (M. E. Jones) Payson
C. watsonii (A. Gray) Greene
C. wigginsii I. M. Johnston



LISTING BY INFRAGENERIC GROUP & NUTLET MORPHOLOGY:

Cryptantha s.s. (32 species)
C. affinis (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  1B.1
C. corollata (I. M. Johnston) I. M. Johnston
C. decipiens (M. E. Jones) A. Heller
C. dumetorum (Greene ex A. Gray) Greene
C. echinella Greene
C. fendleri (A. Gray) Greene  2.3
C. flaccida (Douglas ex Lehmann) Greene  WI
C. ganderi I. M. Johnston  1B.1
C. glomeriflora Greene  4.3
C. gracilis Osterhout
C. intermedia (A. Gray) Greene  WI/IN
   var. intermedia
C. leiocarpa (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) Greene
C. maritima (Greene) Greene 
   var. maritima
C. microstachys (Greene ex A. Gray) Greene

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. recurvata Coville
C. scoparia A. Nelson  4.3
C. simulans Greene
C. sparsiflora (Greene) Greene
C. torreyana (A. Gray) Greene
   var. torreyana
C. watsonii (A. Gray) Greene
C. oxygona (A. Gray) Greene
C. pterocarya (Torrey) Greene 
  var. cycloptera (Greene) J. F. Macbride
   var. pterocarya
   var. purpusii Jepson
C. traskiae I. M. Johnston  1B.2
C. utahensis (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  1B.2
C. similis K. Mathew & P.H. Raven

Johnstonella (6 species)
C. angustifolia (Torrey) Greene 
C. costata Brandegee  4.3
C. holoptera (A. Gray) J. F. Macbride  4.3
C. inaequata I. M. Johnston
C. micromeres (A. Gray) Greene
C. racemosa (S. Watson ex A. Gray) Greene

Oreocarya (9 species)
C. cinerea (Greene) Cronquist
   var. abortiva (Greene) Cronquist
C. confertiflora (Greene) Payson
C. flavoculata (A. Nelson) Payson
C. hoffmannii I. M. Johnston
C. humilis (A. Gray) Payson
C. nubigena (Greene) Payson
C. roosiorum Munz  1B.2
C. tumulosa (Payson) Payson  4.3
C. virginensis (M. E. Jones) Payson
  * = more than one Cryptantha group


California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Inventory Listings
1A = California endemic, presumed extinct
1B = Rare, threatened, or endangered in California and elsewhere
2 = Rare, threatened, or endangered in California, but more common elsewhere
3 = review list (they need more information to list or not)
4 = Limited distribution (Watch List)
 .1 = Seriously endangered in California (over 80% of occurrences threatened / high degree and immediacy of threat)
.2 = Fairly endangered in California (20-80% occurrences threatened)
.3 = Not very endangered in California (<20% of occurrences threatened or no current threats known)

Plant Taxa with High Affinity to Ultramafic Substrates in California:
BE/SI = Broad Endemic/Strong Indicator
SE = Strong Endemic
SI = Strong Indicator		 WI = Weak Indicator
WI/IN = Weak Indicator/Indifferent
(after Safford, H.D., J.H. Vires, and S.P. Harrison. 2005. Serpentine Endemism in the California Flora: A Database of Serpentine Affinity. Madroño 52:222-257)