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Cryptantha

The genus Cryptantha is in the family Boraginaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cryptantha

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Cryptantha abata (Jones) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha abramsii I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha affinis (A.Gray) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha albida (Kunth) I.M.Johnst. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha alfalfalis (Phil.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha alyssoides (DC.) Reiche Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha ambigua (A.Gray) Greene Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha angelica I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha angustifolia (Torr.) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha aperta (Eastw.) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha aprica (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha argentea I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha aspera (Phil.) J.Grau Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha atwoodii L.C.Higgins Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha bakeri (Greene) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha barbigera (A.Gray) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha barnebyi I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha breviflora (Osterh.) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha bridgesii (Phil.) Brand Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha buchtienii Brand Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha caespitosa (A.Nelson) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha calycina (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha calycotricha I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha cana (A.Nelson) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha capitata (Eastw.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha capituliflora (Clos) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha carrizalensis (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha cedrosensis Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha celosioides (Eastw.) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha chaetocalyx (Phil.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha chispae J.Grau Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha cinerea (Greene) Cronquist Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha circumscissa (Hook. & Arn.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha clandestina (Trevis.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha clemensae Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha clevelandii Greene Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha compacta L.C.Higgins Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha confertiflora (Greene) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha congesta (Poepp.) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha costata Brandegee Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha crassipes I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha crassisepala (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha creutzfeldtii S.L.Welsh Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha crinita Greene Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha crymophila I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha cynoglossoides (Phil.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha decipiens (M.E.Jones) A.Heller Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha dichita (Phil.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha diffusa (Phil.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha dimorpha (Phil.) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha diplotricha (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha dolichophylla (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha dumetorum (Greene ex A.Gray) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha echinella Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha echinosepala J.F.Macbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha elata (Eastw.) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha excavata Brandegee Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha exigua Osterh. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha fastigiata I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha fendleri (A.Gray) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha filaginea (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha filiformifolia J.F.Macbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha filiformis (Phil.) Reiche Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha flaccida (Douglas ex Lehm.) Greene Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha flava (A.Nelson) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha flavoculata (A.Nelson) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha foliosa (Greene) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha fulvocanescens (S.Watson) Payson Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha ganderi I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha glareosa (Phil.) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha globulifera (Clos) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha glomeriflora Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha glomerulifera (Phil.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha gnaphalioides (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha gracilis Osterh. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha grahamii I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha granulosa (Ruiz & Pav.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha grayi (Vasey & Rose) J.F.Macbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha gypsites I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha gypsophila Reveal & C.R.Broome Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha haplostachya (Phil.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha hispida (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha holoptera (A.Gray) J.F.Macbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha hooveri I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha humilis (A.Gray) Payson Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha incana Greene Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha intermedia (A.Gray) Greene Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha interrupta (Greene) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha involucrata (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha johnstonii L.C.Higgins Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha jonesiana (Payson) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha kelseyana Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha kingii (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha latefissa R.L.Pérez-Mor. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha leiocarpa (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha leucophaea (Douglas ex Lehm.) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha limensis (A.DC.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha linearis (Colla) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha longiflora (A.Nelson) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha longifolia (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha longiseta (Phil.) Brand Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha macrocalyx (Phil.) Reiche Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha mariposae I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha maritima (Greene) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha marticorenae J.Grau Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha mendocina I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha mensana (M.E.Jones) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha mexicana (Brandegee) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha micrantha (Torr.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha micromeres (A.Gray) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha microstachys (Greene ex A.Gray) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha milobakeri I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha minima Rydb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha mohavensis (Greene) Greene Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha multicaulis A.Nelson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha muricata (Hook. & Arn.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha nemaclada Greene Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha nesiotica (I.M.Johnst.) Brand Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha nevadensis A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha nubigena (Greene) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha oblata (M.E.Jones) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha ochroleuca L.C.Higgins Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha osterhoutii (Payson) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha oxygona (A.Gray) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha palmeri (A.Gray) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha papillosa R.L.Pérez-Mor. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha paradoxa (A.Nelson) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha parviflora (Phil.) Reiche Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha patagonica (Speg.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha patula Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha paysonii (J.F.Macbr.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha peruviana I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha phaceloides (Clos) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha pondii Greene Accepted M TRO
Cryptantha ponelii Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha propria (A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha pterocarya (Torr.) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha pusilla (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha racemosa (S.Watson) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha recurvata Coville Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha rollinsii I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha romanii I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha roosiorum Munz Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha rugulosa (Payson) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha salmonensis (A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha semiglabra Barneby Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha sericea (A.Gray) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha setosissima (A.Gray) Payson Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha shackletteana L.C.Higgins Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha simulans Greene Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha sobolifera Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha spathulata Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha spiculifera (Piper) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha stricta (Osterh.) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha subamplexicaulis (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha subcapitata Dorn & Lichvar Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha taltalensis I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha tenuis (Eastw.) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha texana (A.DC.) Greene Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha thompsonii I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha thyrsiflora (Greene) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha torreyana (A.Gray) Greene Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha traskae I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha tumulosa (Payson) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha utahensis (A.Gray) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha varians Brand Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha vidalii (Phil.) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha virens (Pohl) Reiche Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha virgata (Porter) Payson Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha virginensis (M.E.Jones) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha volckmannii (Phil.) I.M.Johnst. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha watsonii (A.Gray) Greene Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha weberi I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha welshii K.H.Thorne & L.C.Higgins Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha werdermanniana I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha wetherillii (Eastw.) Payson Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cryptantha wigginsii I.M.Johnst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 305 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cryptantha. Of these 177 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 95 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cryptantha. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 305 species names for the genus Cryptantha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 177 58.0%
Synonym 111 36.4%
Unplaced 3 1.0%
Unassessed 14 4.6%

All names

The status of the 400 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cryptantha recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 186 46.5%
Synonym 193 48.3%
Unplaced 3 0.8%
Unassessed 18 4.5%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 305 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cryptantha, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 152 67 0 0 219 71.8%
Low confidence 25 44 3 14 86 28.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cryptantha, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 0 0 5 0 6 2.0%
WCSP (in review) 176 111 3 9 0 299 98.0%