Cryptocarpus

Cryptocarpus pyriformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Nyctaginaceae
Tribus: Boldoeae
Genus: Cryptocarpus
Species: C. pyriformis

Name

Cryptocarpus Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 187. tt. 123, 124. (1817)

Homonyms

  • Cryptocarpus Dozy & Molk. ex Dozy & Molk. Musci Frondosi Inediti Archipelagi Indici 37. (1846) invalid, orthographic variant correctly Cryptocarpon Dozy & Molk. nom. rej. vide Desmotheca Lindb. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 184. (1872) Orthotrichaceae Arn. (1825)
  • Cryptocarpus Austin Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1869: 231. (1869) nom. illeg. later homonym

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Southern America'
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru
  • Continental:Northern America'
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Southwest

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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