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Cryptantha
Sign in to saveCryptantha 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyBoraginaceae
Native toBurundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces
Flower: hidden by the stipules as in A. cryptantha; pedicels short, up Inflorescence: as in A. cryptantha; pedicels glabrous or hairy, up to 1 mm. long.
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,504
- With media
- 2,470
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Collections
- FMNH, UNLV, MSC, GH, INECOL, IBUNAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico