Cryptantha mohavensis (Greene) Greene
Pittonia 1: 120. 1887

Pronunciation:	Cryp-tán-tha mo-ha-vén-sis
Etymology:	after Sereno Watson (1826-1892)
Synonyms:	Homotypic:    Krynitzkia mohavensis Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1(4): 207. 1885 (BASIONYM)    Cryptantha oxygona var. mohavensis Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 97] 4, Fam. 252: 52. 1931 Heterotypic:    Cryptantha fallax Greene, Pittonia 5: 54. 1902         [non C. fallax Reiche, Anales Univ. Chile 121: 817. 1907, Fl. Chile [Reiche] 222. 1910]
Type:	Curran s.n., 1884, U.S.A.: California, Mohave Desert (CAS 00123282)

Distribution:
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  Courtesy of USDA Plants Database (left), California Consortium of Herbaria (middle & right), Feb 2012.


Representative Specimen:
Note smooth, shiny, compressed, ovate nutlets (2-2.5 mm long) with sharply angled margins (esp. near apex) and relatively large corolla.
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Cryptantha mohavensis (Greene) Greene Ertter 6036, 21 April 1986 (SD 129726) Approximate Locality: 35.6676598, -118.0132666 Cryptantha mohavensis (SD 129726) Nutlet, dorsal view Scale bar = 1 mm Cryptantha mohavensis (SD 129726) Nutlet, ventral view Scale bar = 1 mm Cryptantha mohavensis (SD 129726) Nutlet, side view Scale bar = 1 mm Cryptantha mohavensis (Greene) Greene Ertter 6036, 21 April 1986 (SD 129726) Approximate Locality: 35.6676598, -118.0132666 (Courtesy of the San Diego Natural History Museum)

Type (Holotype) Specimen:
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Cryptantha mohavensis (Greene) Greene Curran s.n., 1884, U.S.A.: California, Mohave Desert (CAS 00123282) Cryptantha mohavensis (Greene) Greene Curran s.n., 1884, U.S.A.: California, Mohave Desert (CAS 00123282) (Courtesy of the California Academy of Sciences)