Cryptantha wigginsii I.M.Johnst. (1939:387)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 2 April 1931 (Simpson et al., 2013:26)
Rediscovered on: 7 May 2010 (Simpson et al., 2013:28)
After the species was rediscovered, a number of historical collections of the species residing in Californian herbaria were uncovered (Simpson et al., 2013:28).
Distribution & Habitat
Baja California, Mexico & USA (including Catalina Island)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Johnston, I. M. (1939). Studies in the Boraginaceae, XIII: new or otherwise noteworthy species, chiefly from western United States. Cryptantha wigginsii, sp. nov. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 20: 387.
Other references:
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Hasenstab-Lehman, K. E. and Simpson, M. G. (2012). Cat’s eyes and popcorn flowers: phylogenetic systematics of the genus Cryptantha s.l. (Boraginaceae). Systematic Botany 37: 738-757.
O'Brien, Bart C., Rebman, Jon P., Delgadillo-Rodríguez, José, Gandhi, Kanchi Natarajan, Junak, Steven A., Oberbauer, Thomas A., Riemann, Hugo and Vanderplank, Sula E. (2025). The Rare, Endangered and Endemic Plants of the California Floristic Province Portion of Baja California, Mexico. Aliso 43(2): 77-217. https://doi.org/10.5642/aliso.YOAJ6071
POWO. (2026). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 13 February 2026]
Simpson, Michael G., Rebman, Jon P., Hasenstab-Lehman, Kristen E., Guilliams, C. Matt and McConnell, Patrick O. (2013). Cryptantha wigginsii (Boraginaceae): A Presumed Extinct Species Rediscovered. Madroño 60(1): 24-34. https://doi.org/10.3120/0024-9637-60.1.24
Villaseñor, J. L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.