SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The 50 Cryptantha species and 57 taxa of Southern California
[NOTE: Scale bars of all photographs = 1 mm]

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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. fergusonae J.F. Macbr.
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. Johnst.
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) Greene
C. echinella Greene
C. fendleri (A. Gray) Greene  2.3
C. flaccida (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. Meyer) Greene
C. lepida (A. Gray) I. M. Johnston
C. maritima (Greene) Greene 
C. micrantha (Torrey) I. M. Johnston
C. micromeres (A. Gray) Greene
C. microstachys (A. Gray) Greene
C. mohavensis (Greene) Greene
C. muricata (Hooker & Arnott) Nelson & J. F. Macbride
   var. denticulata (Greene) I. M. Johnst.
   var. jonesii (A. Gray) I. M. Johnst.
   var. muricata
C. nemaclada Greene

 C. nevadensis Nelson & Kennedy
   var. nevadensis
   var. rigida I.M. Johnst.
C. nubigena (Greene) Payson
C. oxygona (A. Gray) Greene
C. pterocarya (Torrey) Greene
   var. cycloptera (Greene) J.F. Macbr.
   var. pterocarya
   var. purpusii Jeps.
C. racemosa (Watson) 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
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


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  1B.2
C. similis K. Mathew & P.H. Raven

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

Krynitzkia (37 species)

Krynitzkia - smooth nutlets
C. affinis (A. Gray) Greene
C. clevelandii Greene
   var. clevelandii
   var. florosa I. M. Johnst.
C. fendleri (A. Gray) Greene  2.3
C. flaccida (Lehmann) Greene  WI
C. ganderi I. M. Johnston  1B.1
C. glomeriflora Greene  4.3
C. gracilis Osterhout
C. leiocarpa (Fischer & C. Meyer) Greene
C. maritima (Greene) Greene *
C. microstachys (A. Gray) Greene
C. mohavensis (Greene) Greene
C. nemaclada Greene
C. sparsiflora (Greene) Greene
C. torreyana (A. Gray) Greene
C. watsonii (A. Gray) Greene

Krynitzkia - rough, winged-rimmed, heteromorphic nutlets
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  4.3
C. holoptera (A. Gray) J. F. Macbride  4.3
C. oxygona (A. Gray) Greene
C. pterocarya (Torrey) Greene *
   var. cycloptera (Greene) J.F. Macbr.
C. utahensis (A. Gray) Greene

 Krynitzkia - rough, unwinged, heteromorphic nutlets
C. angustifolia (Torrey) Greene *
C. dumetorum (Greene) Greene
C. maritima (Greene) Greene *
C. micromeres (A. Gray) Greene

Krynitzkia - rough, unwinged, homomorphic nutlets
C. angustifolia (Torrey) Greene *
C. barbigera (A. Gray) Greene
   var. barbigera
   var. fergusonae J.F. Macbr.
C. clokeyi I. M. Johnston  1B.1
C. corollata (I. M. Johnston) I. M. Johnston
C. decipiens (M. E. Jones) A. Heller
C. echinella Greene
C. intermedia (A. Gray) Greene  WI/IN
   var. grandiflora (Rydb.) Cronquist
   var. intermedia
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. recurvata Coville
C. scoparia A. Nelson  4.3
C. simulans Greene
C. traskiae I. M. Johnston  1B.2
  * = more than one Krynitzkia 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)