Boraginaceae

Cryptantha Lehm. ex G.Don

First published in Gen. Hist. 4: 373 (1837)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is N. America, W. to S. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Peru, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Introduced into:

New York

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Breedlove, D.Bourell, M.; Patterson, R. [62752] United States K001611730 No
Gay, C. [s.n] Chile K000573748 Unknown Type Material Yes
St. Pierre, M. [2570] Mexico K004691451 Yes
Gay, C. [s.n] Chile K000573746 Unknown Type Material Yes
Macbride, J.F. [5861] Peru K000573742 Type Yes
Gay, C. [s.n] Chile K000573747 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0