SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

The 23 Cryptantha species of San Diego County, California
 [NOTE: Scale bars of all photographs = 1 mm]

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DICHOTOMOUS KEY

MULTI-ENTRY 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. circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) I. M. Johnston
   var. circumscissa
C. clevelandii Greene
   var. clevelandii
   var. florosa I. M. Johnston
C. costata Brandegee  4.3
C. decipiens (M. E. Jones) A. Heller
C. flaccida (Douglas ex Lehmann) Greene  WI

C. ganderi I. M. Johnston  1B.1
C. holoptera (A. Gray) J. F. Macbride  4.3
C. intermedia (A. Gray) Greene  WI/IN
   var. intermedia
C. maritima (Greene) Greene 
   var. maritima
   var. pilosa 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. muricata (Hooker & Arnott) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride
   var. denticulata (Greene) I. M. Johnst.
   var. jonesii (A. Gray) I. M. Johnst.

C. nevadensis Nelson & Kennedy
   var. nevadensis
C. oxygona (A. Gray) Greene
C. pterocarya (Torrey) Greene
   var. cycloptera (Greene) J.F. Macbr.
   var. pterocarya
   var. purpusii Jeps.
C. racemosa (S. Watson ex A. Gray) Greene
C. simulans Greene
C. utahensis (A. Gray) Greene
C. wigginsii I. M. Johnston 



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)