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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cryptantha

buttecandle
cryptantha

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cryptantha

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   SuperOrdo  Solananae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Solanales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20. 1829.
common name: Polemoniales
  
   Subordo  Boraginineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 192. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Boraginaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 128. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Borages
  
   Genus  Cryptantha G.Don
common name: cryptantha

Named members of the Genus Cryptantha

1
   Species  abata I.M. Johnston
common name: dentnut cryptantha
2
   Species  affinis (Gray) Greene
common name: quill cryptantha
3
   Species  albida (Kunth) I.M. Johnston
common name: New Mexico cryptantha
4
   Species  alpicola Cronq.
syn. Cryptantha humilis
5
   Species  ambigua (Gray) Greene
common name: basin cryptantha
6
   Species  angustifolia (Torr.) Greene
common name: Panamint cryptantha
7
   Species  aperta (Eastw.) Payson
common name: Grand Junction cryptantha
8
   Species  atwoodii Higgins
common name: Atwood's cryptantha
9
   Species  bakeri (Greene) Payson
common name: Baker's cryptantha
10
   Species  barbigera (Gray) Greene
 
11
   Varietas  fergusoniae J.F. Macbr.
syn. Cryptantha intermedia
12
   Species  barnebyi I.M. Johnston
common name: oilshale cryptantha
13
   Species  bradburiana Payson
syn. Cryptantha celosioides
14
   Species  breviflora (Osterhout) Payson
common name: Uinta basin cryptantha
15
   Species  caespitosa (A. Nels.) Payson
common name: tufted cryptantha
16
   Species  calycosa (Gray) Rydb.
syn. Cryptantha torreyana
17
   Species  cana (A. Nels.) Payson
common name: mountain cryptantha
18
   Species  capitata (Eastw.) I.M. Johnston
common name: capitate cryptantha
19
   Species  celosioides (Eastw.) Payson
common name: buttecandle
20
   Species  cinerea (Greene) Cronq.
 
21
   Varietas  abortiva (Greene) Cronq.
common name: James' cryptantha
22
   Varietas  arenicola Higgins & Welsh
common name: James' cryptantha
23
   Varietas  cinerea
common name: James' cryptantha
24
   Varietas  jamesii Cronq.
common name: James' cryptantha
25
   Varietas  laxa (J.F. Macbr.) Higgins
common name: James' cryptantha
26
   Varietas  pustulosa (Rydb.) Higgins
common name: James' cryptantha
27
   Species  circumscissa (Hook. & Arn.) I.M. Johnston
 
28
   Varietas  circumscissa
common name: cushion cryptantha
29
   Varietas  genuina I.M. Johnston
syn. Cryptantha circumscissa var. circumscissa
30
   Varietas  hispida (J.F. Macbr.) I.M. Johnston
common name: cushion cryptantha
31
   Subspecies  rosulata (J.T. Howell) Mathew & Raven
syn. Cryptantha circumscissa var. rosulata
32
   Varietas  rosulata J.T. Howell
common name: cushion cryptantha
33
   Species  clevelandii Greene
 
34
   Varietas  clevelandii
common name: Cleveland's cryptantha
35
   Varietas  dissita (I.M. Johnston) Jepson & Hoover
common name: Cleveland's cryptantha
36
   Varietas  florosa I.M. Johnston
common name: Cleveland's cryptantha
37
   Species  clokeyi I.M. Johnston
common name: Clokey's cryptantha
38
   Species  compacta Higgins
common name: compact cryptantha
39
   Species  confertiflora (Greene) Payson
common name: basin yellow cryptantha
40
   Species  corollata (I.M. Johnston) I.M. Johnston
 
41
   Subspecies  rattanii (Greene) Abrams
syn. Cryptantha rattanii
42
   Species  coryi I.M. Johnston
syn. Cryptantha palmeri
43
   Species  costata Brandeg.
common name: ribbed cryptantha
44
   Species  crassipes I.M. Johnston
common name: Terlingua Creek cryptantha
45
   Species  crassisepala (Torr. & Gray) Greene
 
46
   Varietas  crassisepala
common name: thicksepal cryptantha
47
   Varietas  elachantha I.M. Johnston
common name: thicksepal cryptantha
48
   Species  creutzfeldtii Welsh
common name: Creutzfeldt's cryptantha
49
   Species  crinita Greene
common name: Sacramento cryptantha
50
   Species  crymophila I.M. Johnston
common name: subalpine cryptantha
51
   Species  decipiens (M.E. Jones) Heller
common name: gravelbar cryptantha
52
   Species  dumetorum (Greene ex Gray) Greene
common name: bushloving cryptantha
53
   Species  eastwoodiae St. John
syn. Cryptantha torreyana
54
   Species  echinella Greene
common name: prickly cryptantha
55
   Species  echinoides (M.E. Jones) Payson
syn. Cryptantha fulvocanescens var. fulvocanescens
56
   Species  elata (Eastw.) Payson
common name: cliffdweller's cryptantha
57
   Species  excavata Brandeg.
common name: deepscar cryptantha
58
   Species  fendleri (Gray) Greene
common name: sanddune cryptantha
59
   Species  flaccida (Dougl. ex Lehm.) Greene
common name: weakstem cryptantha
60
   Species  flava (A. Nels.) Payson
common name: Brenda's yellow cryptantha
61
   Species  flavoculata (A. Nels.) Payson
common name: roughseed cryptantha
62
   Species  flexulosa (A. Nels.) A. Nels.
syn. Cryptantha torreyana
63
   Species  fragilis M.E. Peck
syn. Cryptantha intermedia
64
   Species  fulvocanescens (S. Wats.) Payson
 
65
   Varietas  echinoides (M.E. Jones) Higgins
syn. Cryptantha fulvocanescens var. fulvocanescens
66
   Varietas  fulvocanescens
common name: tawny cryptantha
67
   Varietas  nitida (Greene) Sivinski
common name: tawny cryptantha
68
   Species  ganderi I.M. Johnston
common name: Gander's cryptantha
69
   Species  glomeriflora Greene
common name: Truckee cryptantha
70
   Species  gracilis Osterhout
common name: narrowstem cryptantha
71
   Species  grahamii I.M. Johnston
common name: fragrant cryptantha
72
   Species  grandiflora Rydb.
syn. Cryptantha intermedia
73
   Species  hendersonii (A. Nels.) Piper ex J.C. Nels.
syn. Cryptantha intermedia
74
   Species  hispidissima Greene
syn. Cryptantha clevelandii var. florosa
75
   Species  hispidula Greene ex Brand
common name: Napa cryptantha
76
   Species  hoffmannii I.M. Johnston
common name: Hoffmann's cryptantha
77
   Species  holoptera (Gray) J.F. Macbr.
common name: winged cryptantha
78
   Species  hooveri I.M. Johnston
common name: Hoover's cryptantha
79
   Species  humilis (Gray) Payson
 
80
   Varietas  commixta (J.F. Macbr.) Higgins
syn. Cryptantha humilis
81
   Varietas  nana (Eastw.) Higgins
syn. Cryptantha humilis
82
   Varietas  ovina (Payson) Higgins
syn. Cryptantha humilis
83
   Varietas  shantzii (Tidestrom) Higgins
syn. Cryptantha humilis
84
   Species  hypsophila I.M. Johnston
syn. Cryptantha sobolifera
85
   Species  inaequata I.M. Johnston
syn. Cryptantha holoptera
86
   Species  incana Greene
common name: Tulare cryptantha
87
   Species  insolita (J.F. Macbr.) Payson
common name: Las Vegas cryptantha
88
   Species  intermedia (Gray) Greene
 
89
   Varietas  grandiflora (Rydb.) Cronq.
syn. Cryptantha intermedia
90
   Species  interrupta (Greene) Payson
common name: Elko cryptantha
91
   Species  jamesii (Torr.) Payson
 
92
   Varietas  abortiva (Greene) Payson
syn. Cryptantha cinerea var. abortiva
93
   Varietas  cinerea (Greene) Payson
syn. Cryptantha cinerea var. cinerea
94
   Varietas  disticha (Eastw.) Payson
syn. Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii
95
   Varietas  laxa (J.F. Macbr.) Payson
syn. Cryptantha cinerea var. laxa
96
   Varietas  multicaulis (Torr.) Payson
syn. Cryptantha cinerea var. cinerea
97
   Varietas  pustulosa (Rydb.) Harrington
syn. Cryptantha cinerea var. pustulosa
98
   Varietas  setosa (M.E. Jones) I.M. Johnston ex Tidestrom
syn. Cryptantha cinerea var. cinerea
99
   Varietas  typica Payson
syn. Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii
100
   Species  johnstonii Higgins
common name: Johnston's cryptantha
101
   Species  jonesiana (Payson) Payson
common name: San Rafael cryptantha
102
   Species  kelseyana Greene
common name: Kelsey's cryptantha
103
   Species  leiocarpa (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Greene
common name: coastal cryptantha
104
   Species  leucophaea (Dougl. ex Lehm.) Payson
common name: gray cryptantha
105
   Species  longiflora (A. Nels.) Payson
common name: longflower cryptantha
106
   Species  macounii (Eastw.) Payson
syn. Cryptantha celosioides
107
   Species  mariposae I.M. Johnston
common name: Mariposa cryptantha
108
   Species  maritima (Greene) Greene
 
109
   Varietas  maritima
common name: Guadalupe cryptantha
110
   Varietas  pilosa I.M. Johnston
common name: Guadalupe cryptantha
111
   Species  mensana (M.E. Jones) Payson
common name: southwestern cryptantha
112
   Species  mexicana (Brandeg.) I.M. Johnston
common name: Mexican cryptantha
113
   Species  micrantha (Torr.) I.M. Johnston
 
114
   Subspecies  lepida (Gray) Mathew & Raven
syn. Cryptantha micrantha var. lepida
115
   Varietas  lepida (Gray) I.M. Johnston
common name: redroot cryptantha
116
   Varietas  micrantha
common name: redroot cryptantha
117
   Species  micromeres (Gray) Greene
common name: pygmyflower cryptantha
118
   Species  microstachys (Greene ex Gray) Greene
common name: Tejon cryptantha
119
   Species  milo-bakeri I.M. Johnston
common name: Milo Baker's cryptantha
120
   Species  minima Rydb.
common name: little cryptantha
121
   Species  mirabunda Brand
common name: wonderful cryptantha
122
   Species  mohavensis (Greene) Greene
common name: Mojave cryptantha
123
   Species  muricata (Hook. & Arn.) A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr.
 
124
   Varietas  clokeyi (I.M. Johnston) Jepson
syn. Cryptantha clokeyi
125
   Varietas  denticulata (Greene) I.M. Johnston
common name: pointed cryptantha
126
   Varietas  jonesii (Gray) I.M. Johnston
common name: Jones' cryptantha
127
   Varietas  muricata
common name: pointed cryptantha
128
   Species  nana (Eastw.) Payson
 
129
   Varietas  commixta (J.F. Macbr.) Payson
syn. Cryptantha humilis
130
   Varietas  ovina Payson
syn. Cryptantha humilis
131
   Varietas  shantzii (Tidestrom) Payson
syn. Cryptantha humilis
132
   Varietas  typica Payson
syn. Cryptantha humilis
133
   Species  nemaclada Greene
common name: Colusa cryptantha
134
   Species  nevadensis A. Nels. & Kennedy
 
135
   Varietas  nevadensis
common name: Nevada cryptantha
136
   Varietas  rigida I.M. Johnston
common name: Nevada cryptantha
137
   Species  nubigena (Greene) Payson
 
138
   Varietas  macounii (Eastw.) Boivin
syn. Cryptantha celosioides
139
   Species  oblata (M.E. Jones) Payson
common name: rough cryptantha
140
   Species  ochroleuca Higgins
common name: yellowwhite cryptantha
141
   Species  osterhoutii (Payson) Payson
common name: Osterhout's cryptantha
142
   Species  oxygona (Gray) Greene
common name: sharpnut cryptantha
143
   Species  palmeri (Gray) Payson
common name: Palmer's cryptantha
144
   Species  paradoxa (A. Nels.) Payson
common name: handsome cryptantha
145
   Species  pattersonii (Gray) Greene
syn. Cryptantha fendleri
146
   Species  paysonii (J.F. Macbr.) I.M. Johnston
common name: Payson's cryptantha
147
   Species  propria (A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr.) Payson
common name: Malheur cryptantha
148
   Species  pterocarya (Torr.) Greene
 
149
   Varietas  cycloptera (Greene) J.F. Macbr.
common name: wingnut cryptantha
150
   Varietas  pterocarya
common name: wingnut cryptantha
151
   Varietas  purpusii Jepson
syn. Cryptantha pterocarya var. cycloptera
152
   Varietas  stenoloba I.M. Johnston
common name: wingnut cryptantha
153
   Species  pusilla (Torr. & Gray) Greene
common name: low cryptantha
154
   Species  pustulosa (Rydb.) Payson
syn. Cryptantha cinerea var. pustulosa
155
   Species  racemosa (S. Wats.) Greene
common name: bushy cryptantha
156
   Species  rattanii Greene
common name: Rattan's cryptantha
157
   Species  recurvata Coville
common name: curvenut cryptantha
158
   Species  rollinsii I.M. Johnston
common name: Rollins' cryptantha
159
   Species  roosiorum Munz
common name: bristlecone cryptantha
160
   Species  rostellata (Greene) Greene
 
161
   Varietas  spithamea (I.M. Johnston) Jepson
syn. Cryptantha flaccida
162
   Species  rugulosa (Payson) Payson
common name: wrinkled cryptantha
163
   Species  salmonensis (A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr.) Payson
common name: Salmon River cryptantha
164
   Species  saxorum Jepson
syn. Cryptantha costata
165
   Species  schoolcraftii Tiehm
syn. Cryptantha sobolifera
166
   Species  scoparia A. Nels.
common name: Pinyon Desert cryptantha
167
   Species  semiglabra Barneby
common name: smooth cryptantha
168
   Species  sericea (Gray) Payson
 
169
   Varietas  perennis (A. Nels.) Payson
syn. Cryptantha sericea
170
   Species  setosissima (Gray) Payson
common name: bristly cryptantha
171
   Species  shacklettiana Higgins
common name: Shacklett's cryptantha
172
   Species  sheldonii (Brand) Payson
syn. Cryptantha celosioides
173
   Species  similis Mathew & Raven
common name: desert cryptantha
174
   Species  simulans Greene
common name: pinewoods cryptantha
175
   Species  sobolifera Payson
common name: Waterton Lakes cryptantha
176
   Species  sparsiflora (Greene) Greene
common name: slender cryptantha
177
   Species  spiculifera (Piper) Payson
common name: Snake River cryptantha
178
   Species  stricta (Osterhout) Payson
common name: Yampa River cryptantha
179
   Species  subcapitata Dorn & Lichvar
common name: Wallowa cryptantha
180
   Species  subretusa I.M. Johnston
syn. Cryptantha sobolifera
181
   Species  suffruticosa Piper
syn. Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii
182
   Species  tenuis (Eastw.) Payson
common name: canyon cryptantha
183
   Species  texana (A. DC.) Greene
common name: pick me nots
184
   Species  thompsonii I.M. Johnston
common name: Thompson's cryptantha
185
   Species  thyrsiflora (Greene) Payson
common name: calcareous cryptantha
186
   Species  torreyana (Gray) Greene
 
187
   Varietas  calycosa (Gray) Greene
syn. Cryptantha torreyana
188
   Varietas  pumila (Heller) I.M. Johnston
syn. Cryptantha torreyana
189
   Species  traskiae I.M. Johnston
common name: Trask's cryptantha
190
   Species  tumulosa (Payson) Payson
common name: New York Mountain cryptantha
191
   Species  utahensis (Gray) Greene
common name: scented cryptantha
192
   Species  virgata (Porter) Payson
common name: miner's candle
193
   Species  virginensis (M.E. Jones) Payson
common name: Virgin River cryptantha
194
   Species  watsonii (Gray) Greene
common name: Watson's cryptantha
195
   Species  weberi I.M. Johnston
common name: Weber's cryptantha
196
   Species  welshii Thorne & Higgins
common name: Welsh's cryptantha
197
   Species  wetherillii (Eastw.) Payson
common name: Wetherill's cryptantha

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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