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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

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

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

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

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: