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Cryptantha aperta

(Grand Junction Cryptantha)

Overview

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Extirpated
Threat status

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Grand Junction Cat's-Eye, Grand Junction Cryptantha

Description

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Family Boraginaceae

Herbs perennial , biennial, or annual , less often lianas, shrubs , or trees , usually bristly or scabrous-pubescent. Leaves simple , exstipulate , alternate, rarely opposite, entire or serrate at margin . Inflorescences often double scorpioid cymes, rarely solitary; bracts present or absent. Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic , rarely zygomorphic. Calyx usually 5-parted or lobed , mostly persistent . Corolla tubular , campanulate , rotate, funnelform , or salverform ; tube appendages 5, rarely more, mostly trapeziform, rarely absent, sometimes a ring of hairs present; limb usually 5-parted; lobes overlapping, rarely twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted on corolla tube or rarely at throat , included or rarely exserted; anthers introrse , 2-loculed, usually dorsifixed at base , less often medifixed , dehiscence longitudinal . Nectaries at base of corolla tube or on disc below ovary. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; locules 2 and each with 2 ovules, or 4 and each with 1 ovule; ovules nearly atropous , semianatropous, or anatropous . Style terminal or gynobasic , branched or not. Gynobase flat, fastigiate , or subulate . Fruit 1-4-seeded drupes or nutlets (mericarps) ; nutlets mostly dry, often ornamented with wings, prickles and/or glochids (stiff bristles with barbed or anchorlike tips ) . Seeds vertical or oblique , coat membranous; embryo straight, less often curved ; cotyledons flat, fleshy .

About 156 genera and 2500 species: temperate and tropical regions , centered in the Mediterranean region; 47 genera and 294 species in China, of which four genera and 156 species are endemic.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Subshrub , Shrub

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Oreocarya aperta Eastw.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cryptantha

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 316 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. abata (Dent-Nut Cat's-Eye) · C. abgustifolia · C. abramsii · C. affinis (Common Cryptantha) · C. affinis var. flexuosa · C. albida (New Mexico Cryptantha) · C. alfalfalis · C. alyssoides · C. ambigua (Obscure Cat's-Eye) · C. andina · C. angelica · C. angustifolia (Creosote-Bush Cat's-Eye) · C. aperta (Grand Junction Cryptantha) · C. aprica · C. arenicola · C. argentea · C. argentinica · C. aspera · C. atwoodii (Atwood's Cryptantha) · C. axillaris · C. bakeri (Baker's Cryptantha) · C. barbigera (Bearded Cryptantha) · C. barbigera var. fergusonae · C. barnebyi (Oilshale Cryptantha) · C. bartolomaei · C. borchersii · C. bradburiana · C. brandegei · C. breviflora (Short-Flower Cryptantha) · C. buchtienii · C. caespitosa (Caespitose Cat's-Eye) · C. cajabambensis · C. calycina · C. calycosa · C. calycotricha · C. campylotricha · C. cana (Mountain Cryptantha) · C. candelabrum · C. candolleana · C. capitata (Capitate Cryptantha) · C. capituliflora · C. cedrosensis · C. celosiodes · C. celosioides (Northern Miner´s-Candle) · C. chaetocalyx · C. chispae · C. cinerea (Bownut Cryptantha) · C. cinerea (Greene) Cronq. var. jamesii Cronq. · C. cinerea var. abortiva (James' Cryptantha) · C. cinerea var. arenicola (James' Cryptantha) · C. cinerea var. cinerea (James' Cryptantha) · C. cinerea var. jamesii (James' Cryptantha) · C. cinerea var. laxa (James' Cryptantha) · C. cinerea var. pustulosa (James' Cryptantha) · C. circumcissa · C. circumscissa (Cushion Cryptantha) · C. circumscissa var. circumscissa (Cushion Cryptantha) · C. circumscissa var. hispida (Cushion Cryptantha) · C. circumscissa var. rosulata (Cushion Cryptantha) · C. clandestina · C. clemensae · C. clevelandi · C. clevelandii (Cleveland's Cryptantha) · C. clevelandii Greene var. clevelandii Greene (Cleveland's Cryptantha) · C. clevelandii Greene var. florosa I.M.Johnst. (Cleveland's Cryptantha) · C. clevelandii var. clevelandii (Cleveland's Cryptantha) · C. clevelandii var. dissita (Cleveland's Cryptantha) · C. clevelandii var. florosa (Cleveland's Cryptantha) · C. clokeyi (Clokey's Cryptantha) · C. collina · C. compacta (Compact Cryptantha) · C. confertiflora (Basin Yellow Cryptantha) · C. confertifolia · C. confusa · C. congesta · C. corollata (Coast Range Cryptantha) · C. coryi · C. corymbosa · C. costata (Ribbed Cryptantha) · C. crassipes (Terlingua Creek Cat´s-Eye) · C. crassisepala (Thick-Sepal Cat's-Eye) · C. crassisepala (Torr. & Gray) Greene var. elachantha I.M.Johnst. · C. crassisepala var. crassisepala (Thicksepal Cryptantha) · C. crassisepala var. elachantha (Thicksepal Cryptantha) · C. creutzfeldtii (Creutzfeldt's Cryptantha) · C. crinita (Sacramento Cryptantha) · C. crymophila (Subalpine Cryptantha) · C. cycloptera · C. cynoglossoides · C. debilis · C. decipiens (Gravelbar Cryptantha) · C. densiflora · C. denticulata · C. depressa · C. dicarpa · C. dichita · C. dichotoma · C. dicipiens · C. diffusa · C. dimorpha

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Footnotes

  1. Gelin Zhu, Harald Riedl & Rudolf V. Kamelin "Boraginaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 329. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Last Revised: 7/1/2009