Cryptantha is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. They are known commonly as cat's eyes and popcorn flowers (the latter name is also used to refer to the closely related genus Plagiobothrys,[1] and members of the subtribe of Amsinckiinae).[2] They are distributed throughout western North America and western South America, but they are absent from the regions in between.[1]
These are annual or perennial herbs usually coated in rough hairs and bearing rounded flower corollas that are almost always white, but are yellow in a few species.[1] Several morphological characters are used to distinguish species from one another, but the most definitive is the form of the nutlet, which varies in shape, size, color, and pattern of attachment.[1]
The genus has been reorganized several times. As of 2012 there are about 200 species. About 130 are limited to western North America, and about 70 species occur in western South America; three species are found on both continents.[1]
Species include:[3]
Many Cryptantha have been transferred to other genera:[5]
Cryptantha is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. They are known commonly as cat's eyes and popcorn flowers (the latter name is also used to refer to the closely related genus Plagiobothrys, and members of the subtribe of Amsinckiinae). They are distributed throughout western North America and western South America, but they are absent from the regions in between.
These are annual or perennial herbs usually coated in rough hairs and bearing rounded flower corollas that are almost always white, but are yellow in a few species. Several morphological characters are used to distinguish species from one another, but the most definitive is the form of the nutlet, which varies in shape, size, color, and pattern of attachment.
Cryptantha es un género de plantas aéreas de la familia Boraginaceae. Comprende 305 especies descritas y de estas, solo 177 aceptadas.[2]
Son hierbas anuales o perennes por lo general recubiertas de pelos y teniendo redondeadas corolas de flores que son casi siempre blancas, pero son de color amarillo en unas pocas especies. Varios caracteres morfológicos se utilizan para distinguir las especies una de otra, pero el más definitivo es la forma de la núcula, que varía en forma, tamaño, color, y el patrón de unión.
El género fue descrito por Lehm. ex G.Don y publicado en A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants 4: 373. 1837.[3]
Cryptantha es un género de plantas aéreas de la familia Boraginaceae. Comprende 305 especies descritas y de estas, solo 177 aceptadas.
Cryptantha est un genre de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Boraginaceae. Il comprend une centaine d'espèces originaires des Amériques, dont l'espèce type Cryptantha glomerata.
Selon GBIF (10 juin 2021)[2] :
Cryptantha glomerata est l'espèce type, décrite en 1837 par le botaniste écossais George Don, à partir des travaux du naturaliste allemand Johann Georg Christian Lehmann[1].
Les genres suivants sont synonymes de Cryptantha selon GRIN (10 juin 2021)[3] :
Cryptantha est un genre de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Boraginaceae. Il comprend une centaine d'espèces originaires des Amériques, dont l'espèce type Cryptantha glomerata.
Cryptantha é um gênero de plantas pertencente à família Boraginaceae.
Cryptantha é um gênero de plantas pertencente à família Boraginaceae.
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