Oreocarya insolita J.F.Macbr. (1916:28)
Las Vegas cryptantha
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Cryptantha insolita (J.F.Macbr.) Payson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 14: 273 (1927)
Considered a synonym of C. virginensis by (Govaerts, 1999 fide POWO, 2024; POWO, 2018 fide Humphreys et al., 2019).
Conservation Status
Extinct (Knapp et al., 2021; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1942 (Knapp et al., 2021)
Distribution
Clark County, Nevada, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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