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
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.
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.