Cryptantha torreyana (A. Gray) Greene
Pittonia 1: 118. 1887

Pronunciation:	Cryp-tán-tha  tor-re-yà-na
Etymology:	after John Torrey (1796-1873)
Synonym(s):	Krynitzkia torreyana A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 271. 1885 (Basionym) K. t. var. calycosa A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 271. 1885 C. torreyana var. calycosa (A. Gray) Greene, Pittonia 1: 119. 1887 C. calycosa (A. Gray) Rydberg , Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 331. 1900 C. affinis var. flexuosa A. Nelson, Bot. Gaz. 30: 195 1900 C. torreyi Rydberg, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 331 1900 C. flexuosa (A. Nelson) A. Nelson, Man. Bot. Rocky Mt. ed. 2: 416 1909 C. torreyana var. genuina I. M. Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. 74: 78. 1925 C. torreyana var. calistogae I. M. Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. 74: 80. 1925 C. torreyana var. genuina subvar. bracteata Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 252: 58. 1931 C. torreyana var. genuina subvar. calycosa Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 252: 58. 1931 C. torreyana var. genuina subvar. capitata Brand, Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 252: 58. 1931 C. eastwoodiae H. St. John, Fl. Southeast. Wash. & Idaho 342 (1937)
Type:	Unknown to date. HOLOTYPE: ISOTYPE(S):

Key to Cryptantha of California (Kelley et al. 2012. The Jepson eFlora)


Key to the two recognized varieties (after Kelley 2012 et al.)

Calyx 1–1.5(2) mm, (2.5)3–4.5 mm in fruit, lobe margin sparse-strigose; nutlet 1.3–1.5 mm ................. C. t. var. pumila   Calyx 2–2.5 mm, 4–6.5(8) mm in fruit, lobe margin dense-strigose; nutlet (1.6)1.7–2.2(2.5) mm ........ C. t. var. torreyana

Distribution of Cryptantha torreyana
Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2012. North American Plant Atlas (http://www.bonap.org/MapSwitchboard.html).
Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2010. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].
Accessed 2012-05-15